Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC)

Mints

Pharnaces II of Pontus, also known as Pharnaces II was the king of the Bosporan Kingdom until his death. He was a monarch of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry. He was the youngest child born to King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his first wife, his sister Queen Laodice.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Panticapaeum? (Pharnaces), gold, staters (55-52 BCE)		Gold	5,591 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
3248 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (London, BM)		Bronze	63 BC JL
3657 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (M&M, 20, Oct. 2006, 28)		Bronze	63 BC JL
18616 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Berlin, MK, 18204815)		Bronze	63 BC JL
3582 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Stancomb coll., 606)		Bronze	63 BC JL
18555 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 625)		Bronze	63 BC JL
3663 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 16)		Bronze	63 BC JL
18550 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Inasta, 14, Dec. 2005, 132)		Bronze	63 BC JL
3784 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (CNG, EA 233, May 2010, 183)		Bronze	63 BC JL
18162 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Savoca Numismatic, 113, Sept. 2021, 103)		Bronze	63 BC JL
3378 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (M&M, 20, Oct. 2006, 27)		Bronze	63 BC JL
18618 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Berlin, MK, 18204814)		Bronze	63 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3180 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 27)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3042 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Auctiones, EA 23, Feb. 2014, 17)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3729 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 261, Aug. 2011, 75)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3086 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40990)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3763 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE - Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 607)		Bronze	46 BC JL

Pharnaces II of Pontus

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	pharnaces_ii_bosporus
Links	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q313052 https://www.freebase.com/m/02m68w https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/1278

Literature

• HGC 7 (11 mentions)
• Anokhin 1986 (10 mentions)
• MacDonald 2005 (10 mentions)
• SNG BM Black Sea (2 mentions)
• Golenko - Karyszkowski 1972 (1 mentions)
• RQEMH (1 mentions)