Cappadocia

Kingdom of Cappadocia

Hellenistic Anatolian Kingdom (331 BC-17 AD)

Location: Central Anatolia

Capital City: Mazaca (modern Kayseri, Turkey)

Government type: Monarchy

Main languages: Greek, Persian, Aramaic

Main religions: Greek Polytheism, Zoroastrianism

Chronology

331 BC: Cappadocia breaks off from the Macedonian Empire

95 BC: Vassalage to the Roman Republic

17: Cappadocia annexed to the Roman Empire

Currency

Drachm (331 BC-17 AD)

Coins from Cappadocia in the collection

•1 Drachm, 216 BC (King Ariarathes IV (220-163 BC), silver, Simonetta#27)