Stater - Pharnakes II

Features

Issuer	Bosporan Kingdom
Król	Pharnakes II (63 BC - 47 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	245 (52 BC)
Calendar	Bosporan era
Value	Gold Stater (20)
Currency	Drachma poddasza
Composition	Złoto
Weight	8.02 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 391860
References	Shonov Bosporos# 443, 445 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# 1303-1304 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 184 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. , Anokhin Bosporos# 218 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 1986. Монетное дело Боспора = Coinage of Bosporos. Наукова думка, Kyiv, Ukraine. , 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. , DCA# 446 Edward E. Cohen; 2011. Dated Coins of Antiquity. Classical Numismatic Group, London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Popiersie Pharnakesa II z diademem po prawej. Automatically translated

Reverse

(en) Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch in extended right hand over tripod, left arm resting on kithara at his side; behind, EMΣ (date) and monogram.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ
BAΣIΛE-ΩN
EMΣ
MEΓAΛOY
ΦAPNAKOY

Mint

Panticapaeum, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Kerch, Ukraine

Comments

(en)

Golenko-Karyszowski, NC 1972, p. 37, 6; A. N. Zograph, Ancient Coinage, part II, pl. XLIV, 3.

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Date	VF	XF	References
Undetermined
245 (52 BC)			Shonov Bosporos# 445 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) ivy leaf below date
245 (52 BC)		$ 15 000	Anokhin# 1303 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 184/1 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.	(en) without monogram
245 (52 BC)	$ 8300		Anokhin# 1304 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 184/2 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# 443 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 below date

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Stater - Pharnakes II

Picture 2 of the example of Stater - Pharnakes II

© Münzkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 18200229
245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1303, MacDonald# 184/1 – (en) without monogram • 20 mm • 8.08 g • ↑↑ 12h (see more)

© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b103005151
245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1303, MacDonald# 184/1 – (en) without monogram • 8.16 g (see more)

© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b10300514k
245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1304, MacDonald# 184/2, Shonov Bosporos# 443 – (en) monogram below date • 7.41 g (see more)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Heritage Auctions 2015 August 13 ANA World and Ancient Coins Platinum Night Auction 3041 Lot 32027	13 Aug 2015	245 (52 BC) – Shonov Bosporos# 445 – (en) ivy leaf below date	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 11 750.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 77 Lot 52	26 May 2014	245 (52 BC) – Shonov Bosporos# 445 – (en) ivy leaf below date	XF	USD 19 035.87 (CHF 15 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Leu Numismatik Auction 17 Lot 164	31 May 2025	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1303, MacDonald# 184/1 – (en) without monogram	XF	USD 15 228.70 (CHF 12 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 150 Lot 638	2 Dec 2024	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1303, MacDonald# 184/1 – (en) without monogram	XF	USD 20 304.93 (CHF 16 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Heritage Auctions 2014 August 8 ANA World and Ancient Coins Platinum Night Auction - Chicago 3033 Lot 23027	8 Aug 2014	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1303, MacDonald# 184/1 – (en) without monogram	XF	USD 32 900.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 39 Lot 52	16 May 2007	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1303, MacDonald# 184/1 – (en) without monogram	XF	USD 12 056.05 (CHF 9500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 46 - The Millennia Collection Lot 35	26 May 2008	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1304, MacDonald# 184/2, Shonov Bosporos# 443 – (en) monogram below date	AU (NGC AU)	USD 72 500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 138 Lot 196	18 May 2023	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1304, MacDonald# 184/2, Shonov Bosporos# 443 – (en) monogram below date	XF	USD 19 035.87 (CHF 15 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NAC sale 18, 2000, 191
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Triton XXIII Lot 284	14 Jan 2020	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1304, MacDonald# 184/2, Shonov Bosporos# 443 – (en) monogram below date	VF	USD 6000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Triton XIX Lot 2044	5 Jan 2016	245 (52 BC) – Anokhin# 1304, MacDonald# 184/2, Shonov Bosporos# 443 – (en) monogram below date	VF	USD 12 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Leu 36 (7 May 1985), 140
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.