Obverse:
Laureate head of Nero, right. Text around
ETOYC K.
Reverse:
Diademed head of Polemo
II, right. Text around: BACILEwC
POLEMwNOC.
History:
Caligula made Polemo II the king of Pontus
and the Bosporan kingdom, but Nero, in 64-65
AD, forced him to retire to a small Cilician
realm. Pontus was annexed to Galatia, where
it gave Rome not only a strategic watch over
Armenia but vast mineral wealth as well.
Date:
Minted in Pontus. Dated RY20 (57-58 AD)
Diameter:
1.8cm
