Spartocus IV ( grc, Σπάρτοκος, Spartokos) was a
Spartocid king of the
Bosporan Kingdom
The Bosporan Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus (, ''Vasíleio toú Kimmerikoú Vospórou''), was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus, ...
from 245 to 240 BC.
Biography
Spartocus IV was a son of
Paerisades II and is known for an inscription in coinage after the death of his father that shows him calling himself king whilst displaying
Pan. His brief reign ended when his brother
Leucon II killed him, after finding out that he was sleeping with his wife Alcathoe, who later killed Leucon.
References
External links
* Collection of coins from the reign of Spartocus I
here
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3rd-century BC monarchs
Monarchs of the Bosporan Kingdom
Spartocid dynasty