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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 10703645, member: 87809"]Won a lot of 8 Greek coins recently. It was quite a fight <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Since it came without any attributions I'm having a great time attributing the coins. So far, I have only attributed this one - but haven't had the time to weigh or measure it yet.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please share lots you have won that you enjoy attributing.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Ariobarzanes I Philorhomaios, AR Drachm</p><p>Mint A (Eusebeia under Mount Argaios/Erciyas Dagi – Cappadocia’s holy mountain, date: year Λ (31) = 65 / 64 BC</p><p>HGC 7, 846; BMC 22; Simonetta 45a Pl. VI, 7; Sear type 7300ff-7303; Mionnet IV, 53</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two catalogues by Simonetta, one is by Bono Simonetta, "The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings", Fribourg 1977, and another is by Alberto Simonetta, "The coinage of the Cappadocian kings: a revision and a catalogue of the Simonetta Collection", Parthica 9, 2007. The last one is more recent but somehow disputed. It is unclear which of these two catalogues is used for the attribution. Does anyone have this information?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Ariobarzanes I in his mature years to right, wearing diadem</p><p>Rv.: ΒΑΣiΛΕoΣ ΑΡΙoΒΑΡZΑΝo(Υ) ΦΙΛoΡΩΜΑΙo(Υ) Athena Nikephoros standing to l., wearing helmet and chiton, holding Nike in her outstretched r. hand holding wreath, and spear in her l. hand resting on shield, monogram to inner left. Mint and date AΛ</p><p><br /></p><p>Ariobarzanes' uses the epithet ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ ("Philoromaios" meaning "Roman Loving") in the legend.</p><p>It seems that the flan was quite small so some letters ("o") in the reverse legend are almost as large as a dot</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures courtesy from Heritage</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1524466[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1524467[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the lot:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1524468[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 10703645, member: 87809"]Won a lot of 8 Greek coins recently. It was quite a fight :cool: Since it came without any attributions I'm having a great time attributing the coins. So far, I have only attributed this one - but haven't had the time to weigh or measure it yet. [B]Please share lots you have won that you enjoy attributing.[/B] Ariobarzanes I Philorhomaios, AR Drachm Mint A (Eusebeia under Mount Argaios/Erciyas Dagi – Cappadocia’s holy mountain, date: year Λ (31) = 65 / 64 BC HGC 7, 846; BMC 22; Simonetta 45a Pl. VI, 7; Sear type 7300ff-7303; Mionnet IV, 53 There are two catalogues by Simonetta, one is by Bono Simonetta, "The Coins of the Cappadocian Kings", Fribourg 1977, and another is by Alberto Simonetta, "The coinage of the Cappadocian kings: a revision and a catalogue of the Simonetta Collection", Parthica 9, 2007. The last one is more recent but somehow disputed. It is unclear which of these two catalogues is used for the attribution. Does anyone have this information? Ob.: Head of Ariobarzanes I in his mature years to right, wearing diadem Rv.: ΒΑΣiΛΕoΣ ΑΡΙoΒΑΡZΑΝo(Υ) ΦΙΛoΡΩΜΑΙo(Υ) Athena Nikephoros standing to l., wearing helmet and chiton, holding Nike in her outstretched r. hand holding wreath, and spear in her l. hand resting on shield, monogram to inner left. Mint and date AΛ Ariobarzanes' uses the epithet ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ ("Philoromaios" meaning "Roman Loving") in the legend. It seems that the flan was quite small so some letters ("o") in the reverse legend are almost as large as a dot Pictures courtesy from Heritage [ATTACH=full]1524466[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1524467[/ATTACH] This is the lot: [ATTACH=full]1524468[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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