bpv_1056114 - KINGDOM OF PONTUS - POLEMON II and NERO Drachme
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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 :
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.
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.
Historical background
KINGDOM OF PONTUS - POLEMON II and NERO
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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