Chabacta   Pontus
Χάβακτα   Πόντος

AE 21

SHH 6341

Mo 75 Mo 257

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

8.53 g   20.8-21.4 mm   2.8 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 5.8 MS/m Aegis with Gorgon's head at centre. Nike advancing right, carrying palm-branch; [Χ]ΑΒΑ / ΚΤΩ[Ν] on either side; monogramms above and below the inscription in right field. ? Ashmolean 185/186 (ca. 85-65 BC); BM Black Sea 1256 (ca. 100-85 BC); Copenhagen IV 207 (time of Mithradates Eupator (120-63 BC)); HGC VII 262; Sear Greek 3655 (late 2nd - early 1st century BC, time of Mithradates); Stancomb --- Ex Hubert Lanz 6.3.2017