An Interesting Selection of Roman Provincial Coinage
Tauric Chersonesus, Chersonesus. Pseudo autonomous issues. Time of Trajan to Hadrian. Stater, AV 7.93 g. XEP Diademed and draped head of Chersonas l. Rev. Maiden standing l., holding bow in l. hand and spear in r.; in l. field, ΠKP (monogram) and RN (date). Anokhin, Khersonesa 228 var. (different date and bust). Zograph pl. XXXVII, 13-5 var. (different date and bust). SNG BM Black Sea –. RPC –, for type 954-956.
An apparently unrecorded date for an extremely rare type.
Good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex Lanz sale 86, 1998, 385.
The date of the coin is AD 28, struck during Tiberius’ reign. For the correct dating, cf. P. P. Ripollès et al. 2015, Roman Provincial Coinage. Consolidated Supplement I-III (1992-2015), p. 97, n. 1936A (this coin) (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/supp/rpc_cons_supp_1-3.pdf)