An Unknown Coin of Castor of Galatia and a Possible New Dating of Deiotarus’Coins with a Monogram of His Name / Nieznana moneta Kastora z Galacji i możliwe nowe datowanie monet Deiotarosa z monogramem jego imienia (PDF, 824 kB)
Bartosz Awianowicz, Nicolaus Copernicus University
ORCID: 0000‑0001‑7380‑2272
An Unknown Coin of Castor of Galatia and a Possible New Dating of Deiotarus’ Coins with a Monogram of His Name
Abstract: The paper presents a hitherto unpublished bronze small Galatian coin with the Greek monogram of the name Castor on the reverse (gen. KAΣΤOPOΣ), typologically very close to the small bronzes (denomination C according to Hoover’s division) of King Deiotarus of Galatia HGC 7, 776 = SNG von Aulock 6101; SNG France 3, 2332. It seems more likely that the coin published here was struck for Castor, grandson of Deiotarus, who became king of Galatia (and Paphlagonia) after the death of his grandfather in 40 BC, than for Castor Tancondarius, tetrarch of Tectosages in 63/2–43 BC, son-in-law of Deiotarus and father of the younger Castor. This attribution also alters the dating of the type HGC 7, 776, which was probably struck between 44 and 40 BC.
Key words: Galatia, Deiotarus, Castor, AE denominations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.18.a3
Awianowicz, B. 2023. “An Unknown Coin of Castor of Galatia and a Possible New Dating of Deiotarus’ Coins with a Monogram of His Name”, Notae Numismaticae – Zapiski Numizmatyczne 18: 49–56. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52800/ajst.1.18.a3