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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7942265, member: 99456&quot;]@Gam3rBlake, Cappadocian coins of this period come with stories of the clashes between Rome and neighbors in Asia minor.&nbsp; Is this coin yours?&nbsp; Lucius Cornelius Sulla was responsible for restoring Ariobarzanes to the throne ~94 BC.&nbsp; Here are a few related coins with notes and references for this period that might interest you.</p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-sullan-era-tetradrachm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-sullan-era-tetradrachm" rel="nofollow">A &quot;Sullan Era&quot; Tetradrachm</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/pyl%C3%A6menes-ii-iii-euergetes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/pyl%C3%A6menes-ii-iii-euergetes" rel="nofollow">Pylæmenes II/III Euergetes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-in-cappadocia-first-meeting-with-parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-in-cappadocia-first-meeting-with-parthia" rel="nofollow">Sulla in Cappadocia: First Meeting with Parthia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-father-s-support" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-father-s-support" rel="nofollow">A Father&#039;s Support</a></li> </ul><p>Adding to Doug&#039;s comments: The date of the coin you post is from the 28th Regnal Year of Ariobarzanes, 67/68 BC.&nbsp; Roman Republican coins are also high grade silver at this time.&nbsp; The legionary denarii of Mark Antony (30&#039;s BC) show up in hoards a couple of hundred years later - still in circulation.&nbsp; Here&#039;s&nbsp; Roman republican coin from 67 BC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374873[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus</b>, 67 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> CESTIANVS - S.C, bust of female deity to right, draped and wearing the helmet of Minerva, the laurel wreath of Apollo, the crown of Isis, the wings of Victory and with the bow and quiver of Diana on her back and with a cornucopia before</p><p><b>Rev:</b> M PLAET-ORIVS M F - AED - CVR, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 409/1; Sydenham 809; Plaetoria 4</p><p><br /></p><p>The distinction between Greek and Roman is a bit entertaining on your coin with ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ (&quot;Roman Loving&quot;) on the coin of Ariobarzanes.&nbsp; If it weren&#039;t for Roman support he would not have made it 28 years.&nbsp; He was essentially a client king of Rome.&nbsp; It was the growing Roman influence, oppression and taxation of Asia Minor that infuriated Mithridates of Pontus and others.&nbsp; Mithridates V married his daughter to Ariarathes VI, Mithridates VI killed him, then killed Ariarathes VII (son of Ariarathes VI) after putting him on the throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, Mithridates VI put his own son on the throne to try to control Cappadocia...he wasn&#039;t subtle and coins were minted with Mithridates VI&#039;s face on them in case anyone was uncertain about who controlled the throne.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a coin of Ariarathes VII - the young prince who eventually suffered the same fate (murdered by Mithridates VI) as his father before him....He is described as ΦIΛOMHTOPOΣ, &quot;Mother Loving&quot; - did I mention that his mother was Laodice, the sister of Mithridates VI?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374880[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Kings of Cappadocia</b>, Ariarathes VII Philometor, AR Drachm (4.16g, 18mm, 2h), Mint B (Eusebia under Mt. Tauros), dated RY 7 = 110/9 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head to right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΑΡΑΘOV ΦIΛOMHTOPOΣ, Athena Nikephoros standing to left, with spear and shield; O above M monogram to inner left, Λ to inner right; Z (date) in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a lovely coin and many interesting stories to read...</p><p>from Adrienne Mayor&#039;s &quot;The Poison King&quot; to François de Callataÿ&#039;s &quot;L&#039;Histoire des Guerres Mithridatiques vue par les monnaies&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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