FS_12-164
Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 12. Lot: 164
CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM: Ariarathes V. (ca. 163-130 BC). AR 
tetradrachm (15.52 gm).

No date. Diademed head of Ariarathes V right / Athena 
standing left, holding Nike and resting hand on grounded 
shield, PAFI monogram in inner left field, MH monogram 
in exergue. Unpublished. 

This tetradrachm without a date is possibly an indication 
that it was struck before the king's 28th regnal year, which 
marked the beginning of his dated coinage. 

This king was identified as Ariarathes IV (ca. 220-163 BC) 
by Reinach, and this attribution was supported by Bono 
Simonetta, whilst Otto Morkholm's proposed the reattribution 
to Ariarathes V. Morkholm's regnal attributions are the more 
plausible, because the coinage allotted by Simonetta to Ariarathes V seems unworthy of a king famed for his cultural pretensions. 

Estimated Value: $ 2,750 
From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 12, October 28, 2005.

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com