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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 1780733, member: 31620&quot;]<b>Cappadocian Kingdom, Tetradrachm, In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII</b></p><p><b>Silver tetradrachm</b></p><p>Obv:– Diademed head of the Seleukid King Antiochos VII right, fillet border.</p><p>Rev:– BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EUERGETOU, Athena standing left, Nike in right, spear and shield in left, ligate DI / A left, Nike extends wreath into laurel wreath border</p><p>c. 130 - 80 B.C.; In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII, 138 - 129 B.C.</p><p>Ref:– Houghton II 642 (same dies), SNG Spaer 1855, Newell SMA 282</p><p><br /></p><p>Oliver Hoover, in Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, attributes this type to the Cappadocian Kingdom, c. 130 - 80 B.C. The symbols were used on Cappadocian royal coinage, the coins are found in Cappadocian hoards and a tetradrachm naming the Cappadocian king Ariarathes VII Philometor (116 - 99 B.C.) bears the obverse portrait of Antiochus VII. He notes they may have been struck to pay foreign (Syrian?) mercenaries who preferred the types of Antiochus VII</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_Cappadocian_Kingdom_1a_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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