Dichalkon - Parisades IV Philometor Panticapaeum

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.