TRIPOD Pontic Kings of the Bosporus. Mithradates VI Eupator. Pantikapaion Æ Dichalkon / Star[ATTACH]
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TRIPOD- (probably been done already?) Pontic Kings of the Bosporus. Mithradates VI Eupator. Pantikapaion Æ Dichalkon / Star[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Had a collection as a teenager- all gone- this one I gave to friend. Only have this photo now. Does it still count? I remember it fondly-...
There are none I have found online anyway with a Rx as pretty as Bing's- with such a clear bow case. However this one here is the nicest Ox with...
Maybe but in most cases it seems that the roaring lion on the rx is defaced by the countermark. Isn't the lion-skin also a symbol for...
Nice Bing- the bow case is much clearer on yours. It appears on yours that the star is twelve spoked- I think mine is wrongly described as ten spoked.
Thanks John- that would be great.
My hunch is that they were done under the reign of Mithradates VI Eupator who issued coins with stars and bows like this one. He seems to have...
Thank You Ed!
Does anyone know about the history of Thracian coins like this one? I am curious as to when the counter marks were done. The coin was minted from...
He is not the one selling the coin anymore. I was just searching out the previous sales of this "unlisted type" to see if I could figure if the...
So do they fake the sales on ebay sometime- to get up interest for the coin type?
Ok- so yeah that is the Savoca for sale for 175.00. I copied a few of them.None of the sellers can say where any of the six that they say exist...
Oh OK- but the image came off the ebay coin- on the link? I will recheck- maybe I uploaded the wrong one.
What Savoca example above?
What do you think Bing? I am mystified but not an expert.
A few of this coin type are around now. As far as I can tell the first one- image below- sold for a thousand bucks on ebay-link below- last...
Thanks Curtisimo. Yes it is only fifteen dollars return postage but the dispute is worth trying on ebay to make a point.
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