Watch List notes:

KINGS OF CAPPADOCIA. temp. Ariarathes VIII – Ariobarzanes I, circa 100-80 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 16.51 g, 12 h), in the names and types of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII (138-129 BCE). Ariaratheia or Eusebia-Tyana. Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY - EYEPΓETOY Athena standing front, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield decorated with gorgoneion and set on ground; spear leaning against her left arm; to outer left, monogram above A; in inner field, A; all within laurel wreath. SC 2149.7. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, acquired before 2021.