CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Uncertain. Makhares, governor of the Bosporos, circa 79-65 BC. (Bronze, 25 mm, 16.25 g, 12 h). Wreathed head of Dionysos to right. Rev. Bow case; in left field, monogram. HGC 7, 110 (Pantikapaion). MacDonald 180. Brown patina. Minor porosity and light cleaning marks in field of reverse, otherwise, about very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, acquired in May 1999.