Drachm - Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator

Features

Issuer	Kings of Cappadokia
Król	Ariarates IX Eusebes Filopator (100 BC - 85 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	100 BC - 87 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	4.03 g
Diameter	17.3 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 239363
References	GICV# 7297 David R. Sear; 1982. Greek Imperial Coins and their Values - The Local Coinages of the Roman Empire. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom. , BMC Greek# page 33, 2 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

Awers: głowa z diademem w prawo Automatically translated

Reverse

BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIAPAΘOY EYΣEBOYΣ, Atena Nikeforos stojąca w lewo, trzyma Nike, włócznię i tarczę, monogram wewnętrzny w lewo, monogram w lewo, T w prawo, data w exergue. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIAPAΘOY EYΣEBOYΣ

Mints

A	Eusebeia, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey
T	Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

Ariarathes IX był jednym z wielu synów Mithradatesa VI, władcy Pontosu, który wykorzystywał swojego syna jako marionetkowego władcę Kapadocji. Ariarthes miał zaledwie osiem lat, kiedy ojciec powierzył mu zadanie, które ostatecznie odebrało mu życie. Według O. Mørkholma (w jego artykułach w Essays Robinson i QT 1975), awersy na ostatnich dwóch latach mennicy A Ariarathesa nosiły portret króla pontyjskiego, a nie jego syna. Cel tej zmiany jest niepewny, ale być może dokonano jej w związku z buntem kapadockich nacjonalistów. Nacjonaliści ci przywołali młodego Ariarathesa VIII i promowali go jako swojego króla, w opozycji do Mitradatesa VI i jego marionetkowego króla. Bunt ten został szybko stłumiony, a Mørkholm argumentował, że w następstwie Mitradates umieścił swój portret na monecie jako bardziej jawne ogłoszenie jego rządów nad Kapadocjanami za pośrednictwem swojego syna. Źródła: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=24904 & https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=71784. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Ariarathes IX was one of the many sons of Mithradates VI, kind of Pontos, who used his son as a puppet ruler for Cappadocia. Ariarthes was only eight years of age when his father assigned him to a task that will eventually claim his life. According to O. Mørkholm (in his articles in Essays Robinson and QT 1975), the obverses on the last two years of Ariarathes' mint A coinage carried a portrait of the Pontic king rather than his son. The purpose of the change is uncertain, but it may have been done in relation to a revolt of Cappadocian nationalists. These nationalists recalled the young Ariarathes VIII and promoted him as their king, in opposition to Mithradates VI and his puppet king. This revolt was quickly suppressed, and Mørkholm argued that in the aftermath Mithradates had his portrait placed upon the coinage as a more overt pronouncement of his rule over the Cappadocians via his son. Sources: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=24904 & https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=71784.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (100 BC - 87 BC)

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