CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 150-120 B.C. Æ. 2.16 gm. 10 mm. Head of bearded satyr to right / Bow; [ΠΑΝ] below. HGC 7, 144. MacDonald 148. Near Extremely Fine; handsome glossy red-brown patina; barbarous and grotesque style portrait looking across the flan. Artistic and charming. Appears to be Extremely Rare.

Occasionally one stumbles across a confluence of lucky accidents that result in a marvelous work of art. Here you see one such piece.