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BOSPORAN KINGDOM. Pharnaces II (ca. 63-46 BC). AV stater (20mm, 8.09 gm, 1h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Pantikapaion, Dated Bosporan Era 247 (51/0 BC). Diademed head of Phanaces II right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / BAΣIΛE-ΩN / MEΓAΛOY / ΦAPNAKOY, Apollo seated left on leonine throne, branch in extended right hand, left arm resting on grounded kithara; tripod to left, ZMΣ (date) above ivy leaf to right. MacDonald 186/2. Anokhin 220 var. (ivy leaf to left). DCA 446. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Among the rarest varieties of Pharnaces' coinage. There are only five specimens apparently recorded - ANS, Gotha Herzogliches Münzkabinett [missing], KMH [Vienna], one additional sold by Goldberg, Auction 62 (1 February 2011), lot 3085, and this example.
Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 437; Jonathan P. Rosen Collection; Alex Shubs Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 574
Pharnaces II was the son of Mithradates VI of Pontus. He betrayed his father to the Romans for which he was allowed to keep part of the Bosporan Kingdom. However, during the Roman Civil War between Pompey and Caesar, Pharnaces attempted to enlarge his kingdom and challenge the Romans. After an initial victory over the general Domitius Calvinus, Caesar initiated a lightning-fast campaign that led to Pharnaces' defeat at the battle of Zela. It was then that Caesar sent to the Senate the words for which he would always be remembered: "Veni, vidi, vici" - "I came, I saw, I conquered".
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BOSPORAN KINGDOM. Pharnaces II (ca. 63-46 BC). AV stater (20mm, 8.09 gm, 1h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Pantikapaion, Dated Bosporan Era 247 (51/0 BC). Diademed head of Phanaces II right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / BAΣIΛE-ΩN / MEΓAΛOY / ΦAPNAKOY, Apollo seated left on leonine throne, branch in extended right hand, left arm resting on grounded kithara; tripod to left, ZMΣ (date) above ivy leaf to right. MacDonald 186/2. Anokhin 220 var. (ivy leaf to left). DCA 446. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. Among the rarest varieties of Pharnaces' coinage. There are only five specimens apparently recorded - ANS, Gotha Herzogliches Münzkabinett [missing], KMH [Vienna], one additional sold by Goldberg, Auction 62 (1 February 2011), lot 3085, and this example.
Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 437; Jonathan P. Rosen Collection; Alex Shubs Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 574
Pharnaces II was the son of Mithradates VI of Pontus. He betrayed his father to the Romans for which he was allowed to keep part of the Bosporan Kingdom. However, during the Roman Civil War between Pompey and Caesar, Pharnaces attempted to enlarge his kingdom and challenge the Romans. After an initial victory over the general Domitius Calvinus, Caesar initiated a lightning-fast campaign that led to Pharnaces' defeat at the battle of Zela. It was then that Caesar sent to the Senate the words for which he would always be remembered: "Veni, vidi, vici" - "I came, I saw, I conquered".
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HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 20000-25000 USD