Silver disc gilded with mercury and worked in repoussé, 15.5 cm in diameter. Four perforations made it possible to fix the disc as the phalera; two still have silver rivets. Medallion is dated to the 1st century BCE.
In 1889, the disc was part of the collection of Dr. Fenerly in Constantinople. According to Dr. Fenerly, it comes from a ruined temple of Artemis located in Pontus, the southern coast of the Black Sea, today Turkey.
Scene executed in high relief represents animals on the hunt and griffins sitting around a bucranium. Dotted decorative lines and punched circles fill the field between the beasts.
Between two lines along the edge of the disc is engraved an inscription with the name of Mithridates: ΝΑOΣ.ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔ.ΕΚ.ΤΩΝ.ΤΟΥ.ΒΑ.ΜΙΘΡΑΤ
Cabinet des Médailles, BNF, Paris
inv.56.364a https://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr
