325 BC - 200 BC

Panticapaeum   Bosporus Cimmerius
Παντικάπαιον   Κιμμέριος Βόσπορος
 AE 20
 SHH 2160

2160 Thrace Pantikapaion AE

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse
Notes


Reference
 6.46 g   18.9-20.4 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
Head of beardless Pan left.
Lion's head left; beneath, sturgeon left; Π / Α / Ν around.
Countermarks 12-rayed star on obverse, Gorytos left on reverse.
MacDonald describes the countermarks as been applied with hinged dies,
or engrave into the original dies. Neither appears to be the case with this coin.
Anochin 125 (ca. 294-184 BC); Ashmolean IV ---;
BM 1 Black Sea 883/889 (late 4th - 3rd c. BC);
BMC Thrace 21/23 (before Alexander the Great);
Evelpidis I 755 (4th c. BC); Copenhagen II 35/36 (4th - 3rd c.BC);
Lindgren I 676/677 ( 4th - 3rd c. BC); MacDonald 114/115 (304-250 BC);
Milano VI/3 19/21 (late 4th - 3rd c. BC); München VII 23/26 (2nd q. - end 4th c, BC);
Sear Greek 1701 (4th c. BC); Shelov 61/62 (AR ?; ca. 315-300 BC);
Stancomb 552/556 (3rd c. BC); Tuebingen II 732/733 ( 325-300 BC);
Zograph XLI.3 (early 3rd c. BC)