Bosporos: Polemon I.

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Events

Created

When	37-8 v. Chr. [About]
Where	Taurische Chersonesos

Commissioned

Who	Polemon I of Pontus (-65--8)

Owned

Who	Arthur Löbbecke (1850-1932)

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

Bronze Classical antiquity Coin Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) God Utensil ruler

Description

Front: Kopf des Apollon mit Lorbeerkranz nach r. Das Ganze in einem unten gebundenen Lorbeerkranz.
Rear: Dreifuß. Im l. F. ein Monogramm. Im r. F. ein Lorbeerbaum. Darunter die Jahresangabe Δ (= 4).

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 5.96 g

Literature

A. Anokhin, Monetnoe Delo Bospora (1986) 149 Nr. 280 (ca. 9/8 v. Chr.-7/8 n. Chr.).
D. MacDonald, An Introduction to the History of the Kingdom of the Bosporus (2005) 56 Nr. 243 (Third Group, ca. 8/7 v. Chr.-8/9 n. Chr.?).
N. Frolova - S. Ireland, The Coinage of the Bosporan Kingdom. From the First Century BC to the Middle of the First Century AD (2002) 57 f. Series 3, Type XV (Ende 1. Jh. v. Chr.).