Watch List notes:

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes I. 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 5.40 g, 8h). Sinope mint. Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; aplustre to left, M' (in Aramaic) to right / Sea-eagle standing left, wings spread, on dolphin left; ARYDRT (in Aramaic) below. Simonetta 6; Simonetta, Coins p. 15; HGC 7, 434; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen (Paphlagonia) 290; SNG BM Black Sea 1459. Good VF, toned, obverse a little off center. Very rare, Simonetta notes six examples, seven in CoinArchives.


Ex Roma 7 (22 March 2014), lot 743.