Watch List notes:

KINGS of CAPPADOCIA. Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator. Circa 100-85 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.23 g, 12h). Mint A (Eusebia-Mazaka). Dually dated RY 3 and year 200 of the Bithyno-Pontic Era (98 BC). Diademed head right / Athena Nikephoros standing left; Σ (era date) to outer left, Γ (regnal date) in exergue. Mørkholm, Coinages II, 8 (A2/P11); Simonetta 5a (Ariarathes V); Simonetta, Coins, 4a (Ariarathes V); HGC 7, 842; DCA 458. Toned, some porosity and scratches, minor deposits on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, Mørkholm records two examples, and the present coin is the sole example in CoinArchives.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Roma XIII (23 March 2017), 391.