Live auction - bpv_930021 - KINGDOM OF PONTUS - POLEMON II and NERO Drachme

KINGDOM OF PONTUS - POLEMON II and NERO Drachme XF

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Starting price :	230 €
Estimate :	400 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	22 July 2025 14:54:50

Type : Drachme

Date: an 21

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,19 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Jolis portraits. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - RPC.3833 - GIC.5425 var - RG.35

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Polémon II à droite (O’).

Obverse legend : BASILEWS POLEMWNOS, (Basilews Polemonos)

Obverse translation : (Polémon Roi).

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).

Reverse legend : ETOUS KA, (Etous KA)

Reverse translation : (vingt et unième année).

Commentary

Pour ce type, les auteurs du RPC ont relevé trois exemplaires, mais avec aucun coin de droit répertorié car les exemplaires ne semblent pas avoir été photographiés. Bien que dans les ouvrages de référence, le droit soit le côté où est représenté le roi du Pont, d’après notre exemplaire, le droit semblerait bien être le côté où figure le portrait de Néron.
For this type, the authors of the RPC noted three examples, but with no obverse die listed because the examples do not seem to have been photographed. Although in the reference works, the right is the side where the King of Pontus is depicted, according to our example, the right would seem to be the side where the portrait of Nero appears.