Chabacta   Pontus
Χάβακτα   Πόντος

AE 20

SHH 3746

Mo 74 Mo 257

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

7.59 g   19.2-20.2 mm   2.8 eqmm   1:00 o'clock   VF ρ = 8.48 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 5.4 MS/m Head of Ares right, wearing crested helmet. Sword in sheath; ΧΑΒΑ / ΚΤ[ΩΝ] on either side; to left, above inscription star in crescend, below monogramm. ? BM Black Sea 1250/1251 (ca. 100-85 BC); BMC Pontus 1/2 (Time of Mithradates VI); de Calatay Pl. XVIII.Z; Copenhagen IV 205/206 (time of Mithradates Eupator (120-63 BC)); Lindgren ---; Sear Greek 3654 (late 2nd - early 1st century BC, time of Mithradates); Stancomb 712/713 (100-85 BC) Ex CNG 222E/160, 11.11.2009; ex J. P. Righetti Collection, 7867; ex Münzen und Medaillen 13/252, 9.10.2003); ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser 105, 9.10.1990