() is the name of several kings of Bosporus, who
are for the most part known only from their coins. These bear most commonly the head of the
reigning Roman emperor on the one side, and that of the king of Bosporus on the other, in
token of the dependent condition of the latter monarchs. From this circumstance we are
fortunately enabled to determine, approximately, the period at which the several kings of the
name respectively reigned in Bosporus ; but, besides this, many of their coins bear dates
which have been ascertained to be computed from an era corresponding with the year