Tetradrachm - Ariarathes IX

Features

Issuer	Kings of Cappadokia
King	Ariarathes IX (100 BC - 85 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	99 BC - 95 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.44 g
Diameter	30 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 582700
References	SNG von Aulock# 6299 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 3085 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Jameson# 1636 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Simonetta# 1 Alberto Mario Simonetta; 2007. “The coinage of the Cappadocian kings, a revision and a catalogue of the Simonetta Collection”, Parthica, Volume 9, pages 1-152. , Pozzi# 2909 Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , HGC 7# 843 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Rhousopoulos# 4417 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Waddington# 6900 Ernest Babelon; 1898. Inventaire sommaire de la collection Waddington: Acquise par l'État en 1897 pour le département des Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale. Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, France. , BMC Greek# 1 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

Diademed head right.

Reverse

Pegasus grazing left; in left field, star over crescent and in right field, monogram. All within vine leaf border.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘΟΥ
ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ
ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (99 BC - 95 BC)							$ 26 000

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Waddington 6900

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BMC Greek (Galatia) p. 38, 1

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Triton V Lot 1477	16 Jan 2002	XF	USD 4500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics Auction XXVIII Lot 339	5 Jul 2023	VF	USD 29 558.17 (GBP 22 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics Auction XX Lot 266	29 Oct 2020	VF	USD 24 183.96 (GBP 18 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 269 Lot 510	9 Mar 2020	VF	USD 27 896.24 (EUR 24 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From Rhousopoulos and Jameson collections; ex Crédit Suisse Monetarium List 56, Autumn 1991, 108; NAC 4, 27 Feb 1991, 157; M&M 19, 5 June 1959, 517; Hirsch XIII, 15 May 1905, 4417 = Rhousopoulos 4417 = Jameson 1636
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114 Lot 347	6 May 2019	VF	USD 10 774.80 (CHF 8500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 84 Lot 684	20 May 2015	VF	USD 10 140.99 (CHF 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NFA XXV, 1990, 183; Sotheby's Zurich 27-28 October 1993, 811 = SNG von Aulock 6299
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG