Pontos; comet/head of horse, star
70,00 €
Description
Pontos, 1st century BC. Comet / Horse’s head with star below.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE13 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,68 |
| Grade: | gF/VF |
| Attribution: | SNG British Museum, Black Sea 984 |
| Commentary: | olive -green patina, minor roughness, good comet |
Historical Context
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.
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