Cimmerian Bosporus, Pantikapaion Æ28. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. Young male head right wearing a laureate Phrygian cap decorated with stars, star in crescent above forehead / Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes in right hand above panther at his feet, with thyrsos held in left hand; ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN in two lines across fields, monogram in lower right field. SNG BMC Black Sea 936 corr. (monogram); SNG Stancomb -; SNG Copenhagen -; Anohin 201; Laffaille -; MacDonald, Bosporus 170; SNG Munich -. 16.99g, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Scratches to both sides, but types clearly visible. Dark green patina, attractive portrait. Extremely Rare.