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Tetrachalkon - Asander Panticapaeum
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 47 BC - 37 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Asander seized control of the Bosporan Kingdom by defeating and killing Pharnaces II in 47 BC — the same Pharnaces whom Caesar had just routed at Zela, prompting his famous "veni, vidi, vici." Rome's recognition of Asander's rule was neither immediate nor guaranteed; he spent years navigating his legitimacy, eventually marrying Dynamis, granddaughter of Mithridates VI, to shore up his dynastic claim. These bronzes circulated through a kingdom that was simultaneously a Roman client state and a major grain supplier to Athens and the wider Greek world.