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Stater - Pharnakes II
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom (Bosporos) |
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| Year | 51 BC |
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| Value | Gold Stater (20) |
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| Reverse description | Apollo seated left upon an omphalos or throne, his extended right hand proffering a laurel branch above a tripod set in the lower field, while his left arm rests upon a kithara at his side. The Greek legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY ΦAPNAKOY (of the Great King of Kings Pharnakes) surrounds the field. Behind the figure, the Pontic regnal era date ςMΣ (246, corresponding to 51 BC) appears alongside a control monogram, with some emission variants substituting or omitting the monogram. |
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| Reverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN ςMΣ MEΓAΛOY ΦAPNAKOY |
| Edge | Plain |
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