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Tetradrachm - Pharnaces I
| Issuer | Kings of Pontos |
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| Year | 196 BC - 155 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A syncretic, pantheistic male deity stands facing in the centre of the field, wearing a distinctive flat-topped kausia hat surmounted by a thunderbolt, symbolising his composite divine nature. In his left hand he holds a cornucopiae and a kerykeion (herald's staff), attributes associating him with both prosperity and Hermes, while his right hand extends a vine branch to feed a fawn standing to the right at his feet. In the inner left field appears the Pontic royal badge of a star-in-crescent, and in the inner right field a monogram of ΠAΣ. The Greek legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦAPNAKOY (of King Pharnaces) runs in the fields flanking the central figure. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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