Description
Pontos, uncertain mint, time of Mithradates VI (120 – 63 BC). Star with head of horse right / comet.
Pontos; star with horse’s head/comet
80,00 €
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE10 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,30 |
| Grade: | aVF/VF |
| Attribution: | Lindgren III 154; SNG BM 984 |
| Commentary: | dark green patina, light sandy deposits, tight flan |
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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