Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Drachm - Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator
| Issuer | Kings of Cappadokia |
|---|---|
| Year | 100 BC - 87 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Drachm |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Diademed portrait bust of Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition with finely engraved wavy hair swept back from the forehead and secured by a royal diadem, the ends of which fall behind the neck. The facial features are sharply defined, displaying a strong profile with a prominent nose and well-modeled chin characteristic of late Cappadocian royal portraiture. The field is plain, with no border of dots visible on this specimen. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Athena Nikephoros standing left, clad in aegis and helmet, holding a small Nike figure in her extended right hand and a grounded spear and round shield in her left. The Greek royal legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIAPAΘOY EYΣEBOYΣ runs in two lines in the right and left fields. A monogram appears in the inner left field and a second monogram to the left, with the letter T placed to the right. A regnal date appears in the exergue, providing a precise year of issue within the reign. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Eusebeia (modern Kayseri, Turkey), Cappadocia |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |