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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2353629, member: 56859&quot;]This 9 mm bronze coin was a very welcome addition to my Pigasus squadron.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is quite rare, at least in references and online databases, and there is disagreement about the attribution.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read the Troxell reference which, thankfully, is online in its entirety.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t found the one other reference (Winzer).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]479303[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene.&nbsp; Pharnabazos, satrap</b></p><p>413-374/3 BCE</p><p>AE, 9 mm, 0.75 gm</p><p>Obv: Bearded head right, wearing bashlyk.</p><p>Rev: KIΣ.; forepart of winged boar right.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Troxell, Orontes 7</p><p><br /></p><p>It is cited in <a href="http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view?pid=snr-003:1981:60::32" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view?pid=snr-003:1981:60::32" rel="nofollow">Troxell&#039;s &quot;Orontes, Satrap of Mysia&quot;</a> (SNR 60: 27-39, 1981) yet the description doesn&#039;t match and by similar listings it is Phanabazos rather than Orontes.&nbsp; The obverse figure in this coin appears to be wearing a bashlyk, not a tiara as described in Troxell&#039;s work.&nbsp; Despite the apparent current thinking that this coin was issued under Pharnabazos, it is still cited from Troxell&#039;s article on the Mysian coins of Orontes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excerpt from Troxell:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]479305[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is difficult to search for examples when the descriptions and attributions vary so much.&nbsp; It is difficult for numismatists to definitively assign an attribution when few examples are known and all have wear, corrosion, or other issues which obscure original details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the only other examples I&#039;ve found so far:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/small/2880195.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene. <i>Pharnabazos. </i></b>Persian military commander, 413-374/3 BC. Æ (9mm, 0.75 g, 5h). Struck circa 399-390 BC. Head right, wearing bashlik; [Φ behind?] / Forepart of winged bull <i>[obviously a simple cataloging mistake; it is a boar-- TIF]</i> right. Troxell, <i>Orontes</i> 7 (citing 2); Winzer 9.1 or 9.2. VF, green patina. Very rare.</p><p><a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=219566" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=219566" rel="nofollow">CNG 288, lot 195 (10 October 2012)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>CNG&#039;s cataloger had this to say about the above coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]479308[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MYSIA. Kisthene. <i>Pharnabazos</i> (413-374/3 BC)</b></p><p>AE, 8 mm, 0.62 gm</p><p>Obv: Head right, wearing bashlyk; Φ to left.</p><p>Rev: KIΣ;Forepart of winged boar right.</p><p>Troxell, Orontes, 7.</p><p>Condition: Near very fine.</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2579063" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2579063" rel="nofollow">Gitbud &amp; Naumann Auction 34, lot 169.&nbsp; 9 August 2015</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]479313[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MYSIA. Kisthene. <i>Pharnabazos</i> (413-374/3 BC)</b></p><p>Ae, 9 mm, 0.69 gm</p><p>Obv: Head right, wearing bashlik; Φ to left.</p><p>Rev: KIΣ (retrograde); Forepart of winged boar right.</p><p>Troxell, Orontes, 7 var. (arrangement of ethnic).</p><p>Very rare</p><p>Condition: Near very fine.</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2305008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2305008" rel="nofollow">Gitbud &amp; Naumann, Auction 27, lot 186 (4 January 2015)</a></p><p>The reverse style of this coin is quite different and the ethnic is retrograde.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not a appreciate a Φ behind the head in any of these four coins and if I understand correctly, the attribution to Pharnabazos seems to hinge on finding this on the one example from Winzer.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I have questions about this coin.&nbsp; Was it issued by Pharnabazos or was it Orontes?&nbsp; Someone else?&nbsp; Kisthene seems reasonable given the KIΣ.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has access to the Winzer book (A. Winzer. <i>Antike portraitmünzen der Perser und Greichen aus vor-hellenistischer Zeit</i>; Zeitraum ca. 510-322 v.Chr., March-Hugstetten 2005), I&#039;d appreciate it if you could post a picture of the relevant page or pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, I&#039;d love to see any coins or post you feel relate to this coin in any way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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