Pantikapaion, Mithridates III (VIII), 12 units — Lion's skin draped over club (CN type 23764)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. AD 39–45
Issuing entity
Bosporan Kingdom12 units in bronze struck at Pantikapaion under Mithridates III (VIII), dated c. AD 39–45. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23764 (period: Roman Imperial Period; issuing authority type: ruler).
Obverse: Diademed head of Mithridates, right. Legend: ΒΑϹΙΛЄΩϹ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟV. Reverse: Lion's skin draped over club; bow in case to left, trident to right. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.94 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 22.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Monety antičnych gorodov Severo-Zapadnogo Pričernomor'ja, Kiev 1989, nr. 330; Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 1432; Burnett et al., RPC I: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. I: From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius: 44 BC-AD 69, London [u.a.] 1992, nr. 1910; Linked type corpus.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 5
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 4
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Historical context
The Bosporan Kingdom was an ancient Greco-Scythian state centred on the Cimmerian Bosporus and the Taman Peninsula, functioning as the longest-surviving Roman client kingdom. This bronze issue was struck under Mithridates III (VIII) at Pantikapaion, an ancient city on the eastern shore of Crimea founded by Milesians on a hill later known as Mount Mithridat.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- 12 units
- Recorded diameter
- 22.7 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.94 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pantikapaion
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Mithridates III (VIII)
Design
- Obverse type
- Diademed head of Mithridates, right.
- Reverse type
- Lion's skin draped over club; bow in case to left, trident to right.
- Obverse legend
- ΒΑϹΙΛЄΩϹ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟV
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23764
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23764
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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