bpv_203722 - KINGDOM OF PONTUS - POLEMON II and NERO Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: an 20
Mint name / Town : Nicomédie, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits, en particulier de Néron. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Polémon II à droite (O’).
Obverse legend : BASILEWS POLEMWNOS, (Basilews Polemonos)
Obverse translation : (Polémon Roi).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Reverse legend : ETOUS K, (Etous K)
Reverse translation : (vingtième année).
Historical background
KINGDOM OF PONTUS - POLEMON II and NERO
It was Marc Antoine who reconstituted part of the Kingdom of Pontus of Mithridates VI (120-63 BC) for the benefit of Polemon I in 36 BC. Octave confirmed his possessions to him in 30 BC. He married Dynamis, the daughter of Mithridates VI of Pontus, widow of Asander (47-17 BC), king of the Bosphorus. It was finally Pythodoris, another wife of Polemon I, who succeeded her in 8 BC. Then it was Antonia Tryphænea, daughter of Polemon I, who succeeded her mother in 22. From 38, she associated her son Polemon II with the throne. Antonia died in 49. Polemon also received the kingdom of the Bosphorus from Caligula. In 64, Nero had Polemon deposed, who retired to Cilicia. His kingdom became a Roman province.
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