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Dichalkon - Parisades IV Philometor Panticapaeum
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 135 BC - 125 BC |
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| Value | Dichalkon (1⁄24) |
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| Reverse description | The piloi (conical caps) of the Dioskouroi depicted side by side, each surmounted by a six-pointed star with elongated rays, a symbol of divine protection associated with Castor and Pollux. The caps are rendered in low relief with a hemispherical form. Below the caps, the abbreviated city ethnic ΠΑΝΤΙ (for ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠΑΙΟΝ, Panticapaeum) appears in Greek characters across the lower field. |
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| Mintage | ND (135 BC - 125 BC) |
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Parisades IV ruled the Bosporan Kingdom during a period of intensifying Scythian pressure on the northern Black Sea littoral, and his epithets — Philometor, "mother-loving" — likely reflect a co-regency or filial legitimacy claim rather than mere sentiment. The Bosporan kings of this period maintained their position largely through careful tribute arrangements with nomadic powers and commercial dominance over the grain trade flowing toward Athens and, later, Rome.
The dichalkon denomination itself was the smallest fractional bronze struck at Panticapaeum, intended for local market transactions in a port city where Hellenic, Scythian, and Maeotian populations exchanged goods daily.