Æ - Pylaemenes III Euergetes

Features

Issuer	Kings of Paphlagonia
King	Pylaemenes III (65 BC - 51 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	133 BC - 103 BC
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Bronze
Weight	5.71 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 462560
References	SNG BM Black Sea# 1550-1554 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Copenhagen# 321 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , SNG von Aulock# 148-149 Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes). , BMC Greek# 1 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Recueil# 1-2 William Henry Waddington, Ernest Babelon, Théodore Reinach. Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie mineure. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France (4 volumes). , HGC 7# 440 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Laffaille# 421 Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland.

Obverse

Bust of Pylaemenes (as Herakles) to right, with club over his shoulder and lion's skin tied around his neck.

Reverse

Nike standing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond with her left.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΠYΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ
ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ

Translation: King Pylaimenes Euergetes II or III

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (133 BC - 103 BC)							$ 190	$ 790

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Past sales

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	Nomos AG Auction 20 Lot 168	10 Jul 2020	XF	USD 822.95 (CHF 650.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Leu Numismatik Auction 5 Lot 101	27 Oct 2019	XF	USD 607.72 (CHF 480.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 96 Lot 1689	14 Feb 2017	XF	USD 850.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Solidus Numismatik Auction 2 Lot 81	18 May 2014	XF	USD 1162.57 (EUR 1000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XII Lot 268	6 Jan 2009	XF	USD 625.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton VIII Lot 358	11 Jan 2005	XF	USD 525.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Triton VII Lot 219	12 Jan 2004	XF	USD 2200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 36 Lot 350	23 Feb 2025	VF	USD 227.89 (CHF 180.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 101 Lot 187	4 Apr 2021	VF	USD 186.01 (EUR 160.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 460 Lot 216	29 Jan 2020	VF	USD 110.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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