120 BC - 63 BC

Pharnaceia   Pontus
Φαρνακεία   Πόντος
 AE 21
 SHH 3402


3402 Pharnaceia Pontus AE
 Mο 0130
Mo 130
Mο 0077
Mo 77

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Provenance
Composition
 6.81 g    20.8-21.7 mm   2.2 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF
ρ = 5.95 g/cm^3   σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = 5.1 MS/m
Laureate head of Zeus right.
Eagle with spread wings standing facing on thunderbolt, head right; ΦΑΡΝΑK[EΙΑΣ] below;
monogramm in upper left field.
Extremely high 82.4% Zn-content of the alloy and correspondingly low density !
See also Pharnaceia SHH 3402 and Amisus SHH 3735, confirmed with XRF-data.
BM Black Sea 1276/1283; BMC Pontus 2; Copenhagen IV 222/224; Lindgren II 51;
McClean 7387; Sear Greek Imperial 3663; Stancomb 723/724; von Aulock ---;
Waddington RGAM 4/7
Münz Zentrum Rheinland (MZR) 103/143, 9.3.2009
μ-XRF-Analysis, edge core;   ArtTAX Pro, 80-100 µm Spot   13.9.2017
Cu
 Sn
 Pb
 Zn
 As
 Sb
 Au
 Ag
 Fe
 Ni
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16.5
   0.2
   0.7
 82.4
   0.1
   0.1
   0.0
   0.0
   0.1
   0.0