Ariarathes VII was king of Cappadocia from 116 BC to 101 BC. He was the first son of King Ariarathes VI and his wife Laodice.
In his first years he reigned under the regency of his mother Laodice, the eldest sister of the King Mithridates VI of Pontus. During this period the kingdom was seized by King Nicomedes III of Bithynia, who married Laodice.
Nicomedes III was soon expelled by Mithridates VI, who restored upon the throne Ariarathes VII; but when the latter objected to his father's assassin and ally of Mithridates VI, Gordius, the King of Pontus had him killed and put in his place a son of his as Ariarathes IX.
In his first years he reigned under the regency of his mother Laodice, the eldest sister of the King Mithridates VI of Pontus. During this period the kingdom was seized by King Nicomedes III of Bithynia, who married Laodice.
Nicomedes III was soon expelled by Mithridates VI, who restored upon the throne Ariarathes VII; but when the latter objected to his father's assassin and ally of Mithridates VI, Gordius, the King of Pontus had him killed and put in his place a son of his as Ariarathes IX.
Epithet: Philometor ("the Mother-loving")
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Ariarathes VII
Obverse: Diademed head right
Reverse: Athena holding spear and Nike, shield at her feet; BAΣIΛEΩΣ / APIAPAΘOY / ΦIΛOMHTOPOΣ, M / K / IA
Diameter:
17 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.98 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.98 g
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SNGCop 141
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Ariarathes VII
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck 130-80 B.C.
in
Eusebeia
Obverse: Diademed head of Antiochos VII right, fillet border.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΓΕΡΤΟΥ / ΔΙ-A - Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear and resting left hand on shield at her side, ΔI monogram over A in left field, all within laurel border.
Diameter:
27 mm
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 16.04 g
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 16.04 g
No notes for this coin
SC 2149.