★ Exceptionally Detailed King's Head ★

KINGS OF CAPPADOCIA. Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios, 52-42 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 4.01 g, 12 h), Eusebeia-Mazaka, year IA = 11 = 42-41 BC. Diademed and bearded head of Ariobarnazes to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡΖΑΝΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear, and shield; in the fields, star and crescent to left, and a monogram to right; in the exergue, IA. HGC 7, 853. Simonetta 3a. Good metal and boldly struck. Reverse struck slightly off centre, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From a Belgian collection.