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Pontos; comet/head of horse, star
Description: Pontos, uncertain mint, time of Mithradates VI (120 - 63 BC). Comet / Head of horse right, star at neck.
Diameter: AE13 mm
Weight: 2,9 g
Grade: gF/gF
Attribution: Lindgren III 154; SNG BM 984
Commentary: rare; brown patina with sand deposits, big flan
History: This is the first depiction of comet on a coin in pre-Augustan times; traditionally attributed to Pontos, though very similar to Cappadocian coins with horse and stock of grain, where adding of a star would result in the depicted coin; as for the celestial body depicted, it could be the comet of 134 BC, who announced the birth of Mithridates VI or Halley's comet of 87 BC.
Article Number: 026-06-01-41652