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v31_0165 - POLEMO II AND BRITANNICUS Drachme

POLEMO II AND BRITANNICUS Drachme XF
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 483.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 120.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: an 19
Mint name / Town : Nicomédie, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,10 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier. Beaux portraits, en particulier celui de Britannicus. Décentré au droit. Une fine patine grise de collection ancienne recouvre cet exemplaire

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Polémon II à droite (O’).
Obverse legend : BASILEWS [POLEMWNOS], (Basilews Polemonos)
Obverse translation : (Polémon Roi).

Reverse


Reverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Britannicus à droite (O*01).
Reverse legend : ETOUS IQ, (Etous IQ)
Reverse translation : (dix-neuvième année).

Commentary


Les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage n’ont répertorié que trois exemplaires pour l’an 18, tous dans des musées (Paris, Londres et Copenhague). L’an 19 est une date très tardive pour Britannicus puisqu’il a été assassiné en 55. C’est donc une monnaie posthume. Dans le Supplément I du RPC, trois nouveaux exemplaires ont été signalés pour l’an 19 qui se trouve ainsi confirmé. Un exemplaire daté de l’an 18 (MONNAIES XXV, n° 217) a été vendu 828 € sur une offre maximum à 1265 € avec 13 offres.
The authors of the Roman Provincial Coinage listed only three examples for the year 18, all in museums (Paris, London and Copenhagen). The year 19 is a very late date for Britannicus since he was assassinated in 55. It is therefore a posthumous coin. In Supplement I of the RPC, three new examples were reported for the year 19, which is thus confirmed. A example dated the year 18 (COINS XXV, no. 217) was sold for €828 on a maximum bid of €1265 with 13 bids

Historical background


POLEMO II AND BRITANNICUS

(55-57)

It was Marc Antoine who reconstituted part of the Kingdom of Pontus of Mithridates VI (120-63 BC) for the benefit of Polemon I in 36 BC. Octave confirmed his possessions to him in 30 BC. He married Dynamis, the daughter of Mithridates VI of Pontus, widow of Asander (47-17 BC), king of the Bosphorus. It was finally Pythodoris, another wife of Polemon I, who succeeded her in 8 BC. Then it was Antonia Tryphænea, daughter of Polemon I, who succeeded her mother in 22. From 38, she associated her son Polemon II with the throne. Antonia died in 49. Polemon also received the kingdom of the Bosphorus from Caligula. In 64, Nero had Polemon deposed, who retired to Cilicia. His kingdom became a Roman province.

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