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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 4560070, member: 89211&quot;]I recently acquired this&nbsp; drachm of Kappadokia :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1128873[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it was one of the large and common issue of Ariarathes V </p><p>- HGC 7&nbsp; 811</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the seller listed it as Ariarathes IV, </p><p>Simonetta, Coins 16a; Simonetta 24a.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Does anyone have a copy of Simonetta to check this ?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Has Simonetta been superceded by more recent scholarship ? I note that in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; HGC 7 Hoover states that the coinage attributed to Ariarathes V has&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; sometimes been given to Arirarathes IV in error.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Hoover also states that although the coins carry a Greek letter-numeral in&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; exergue, die studies suggest that these are not likely to be dates&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; calculated according to the regnal years of the king. Despite this, he still</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; uses them as regnal dates in his catalogue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone throw any light on all of this ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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