Stater - Pharnakes II

Features

Issuer	Bosporan Kingdom
Król	Pharnakes II (63 BC - 47 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	247 (50 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Gold Stater (20)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Złoto
Weight	8.09 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 381179
References	Shonov Bosporos# 449-452 Igor Valentinovich Shonov; 2019. Монетная чеканка правителей Боспора VI - I вв. до н. э. = Coinage of the rulers of Bosporus in the VI - I centuries BC. Simferopol, Ukraine. , Anokhin# 1309- 1311 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 186 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , HGC 7# 198 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Anokhin Bosporos# 220 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 1986. Монетное дело Боспора = Coinage of Bosporos. Наукова думка, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Obverse

Popiersie Pharnakesa II z diademem po prawej. Automatically translated

Reverse

Apollo siedzący po lewej na tronie z leoninem, gałąź w wyciągniętej prawej ręce, lewe ramię oparte na kitharze; trójnóg po lewej, ZMΣ (data) nad liściem bluszczu po prawej. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
BAΣIΛE-ΩN
ZMΣ
MEΓAΛOY
ΦAPNAKOY

Mint

Panticapaeum, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Kerch, Ukraine

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Date	AU	References
Undetermined
247 (50 BC)		Anokhin# 1309 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 186/1 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Shonov Bosporos# 451 Igor Valentinovich Shonov; 2019. Монетная чеканка правителей Боспора VI - I вв. до н. э. = Coinage of the rulers of Bosporus in the VI - I centuries BC. Simferopol, Ukraine.	(en) tripod to left and no ivy leaf to right
247 (50 BC)	$ 25 000	Anokhin# 1310 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 186/2 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Shonov Bosporos# 449 Igor Valentinovich Shonov; 2019. Монетная чеканка правителей Боспора VI - I вв. до н. э. = Coinage of the rulers of Bosporus in the VI - I centuries BC. Simferopol, Ukraine.	(en) no tripod to left and ivy leaf to right
247 (50 BC)		Anokhin# 1310 var. Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 186/2 var. David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Shonov Bosporos# 450 Igor Valentinovich Shonov; 2019. Монетная чеканка правителей Боспора VI - I вв. до н. э. = Coinage of the rulers of Bosporus in the VI - I centuries BC. Simferopol, Ukraine.	(en) monogram A to left and ivy leaf to right
247 (50 BC)		Anokhin# 1311 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# - David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Shonov Bosporos# 452 Igor Valentinovich Shonov; 2019. Монетная чеканка правителей Боспора VI - I вв. до н. э. = Coinage of the rulers of Bosporus in the VI - I centuries BC. Simferopol, Ukraine.	(en) no tripod to left and monogram instead of ivy leaf to right

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Picture 2 of the example of Stater - Pharnakes II

© American Numismatic Society (ANS), 1967.152.383
247 (50 BC) – Anokhin# 1309, MacDonald# 186/1, Shonov Bosporos# 451 – (en) tripod to left and no ivy leaf to right • 8.2 g • ↑↑ 12h (see more)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Heritage Auctions 2021 January 21 - 22 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Platinum & Signature Auction - Dallas 3089 Lot 31026	21 Jan 2021	247 (50 BC) – Anokhin# 1310, MacDonald# 186/2, Shonov Bosporos# 449 – (en) no tripod to left and ivy leaf to right	AU (NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 24 000.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	CNG Triton XXI Lot 437	9 Jan 2018	247 (50 BC) – Anokhin# 1310, MacDonald# 186/2, Shonov Bosporos# 449 – (en) no tripod to left and ivy leaf to right	AU (NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 22 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 84 Lot 574	5 May 2010	247 (50 BC) – Anokhin# 1310, MacDonald# 186/2, Shonov Bosporos# 449 – (en) no tripod to left and ivy leaf to right	XF	USD 21 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	The New York Sale Auction 11 Lot 138	11 Jan 2006	247 (50 BC) – Anokhin# 1310, MacDonald# 186/2, Shonov Bosporos# 449 – (en) no tripod to left and ivy leaf to right	XF	Unsold
© The New York Sale
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 124 Lot 184	23 Jun 2021	247 (50 BC) – Anokhin# 1310 var., MacDonald# 186/2 var., Shonov Bosporos# 450 – (en) monogram A to left and ivy leaf to right	XF	USD 27 900.05 (CHF 22 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Soler y Llach Subasta 1134 Lot 25	8 May 2024	247 (50 BC) – Anokhin# 1311, MacDonald# -, Shonov Bosporos# 452 – (en) no tripod to left and monogram instead of ivy leaf to right	VF	USD 17 442.47 (EUR 15 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Gorny & Mosch 100, November 20, 1999, lot 1031
© Soler y Llach