Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 225 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$6000 / Price 
                  Realized: US$4400 
                  CAPPDOCIAN KINGDOM. Ariarathes VII. Silver tetradrachm 



             



            CAPPDOCIAN KINGDOM. Ariarathes VII. (Ca. 110–99 BC). Silver 
            tetradrachm (16.64 gm). , Struck ca. 104–102 BC. Diademed head of 
            Ariarathes VII right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΜΗ—ΤΟΡΟΣ, Athena 
            standing left, supporting wreath-bearing Nike right on right hand 
            and resting left on grounded shield, vertical spear in background, 
            ΔΙ monogram above A in outer left field, O in inner left field, Λ in 
            inner right field, wreath border. Morkholm, SNR 57, pl. 42, 14 (same 
            dies). De Callatay, Guerres mithridatiques, p. 194, n. 44, and pl. 
            xliv, P (same dies). Simonetta p. 35, note 1. Very rare. Extremely 
            fine. 

            This tetradrachm issue was struck around the time of the Bithynian 
            invasion of Cappadocia, see C. Lorber and A. Houghton, NC 2006 
            (forthcoming. 




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  ... Lot 225 sold for high bid of $4400 [ $5060, or approx 3911.38 EUR, 2580.6 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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