Æ Obol - Mithridates VI Phanagoria

Features

Issuer	Bosporan Kingdom
Król	Mithridates VI (Μιθριδάτης Εὐπάτωρ) (120 BC - 63 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	90 BC - 79 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Brąz
Weight	17.87 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 484787
References	Anokhin# 1179 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , Anokhin Bosporos# 207 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 1986. Монетное дело Боспора = Coinage of Bosporos. Наукова думка, Kyiv, Ukraine. , Shonov Bosporos# 381 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.

Obverse

(en) Head of Mên right, wearing a laureate Phrygian cap.

Reverse

(en) Dionysos standing left, holding grape bunch and thyrsos; to lower left, panther seated left, raising forepaw; monogram to right.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ

Mint

Phangoria, Bosporus, Russian Federation

Comments

(en)

Dating 90 - 79 BC according to MacDonald (2005); 90 - 83 BC according to Anokhin (2011); 83 - 80 BC according to Shonov (2019).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (90 BC - 79 BC)

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