CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator, circa 120-105 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 4.27 g, 12 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. [ΠΑ]ΝΤΙΚΑ-[Π]ΑΙΤΩΝ Bow in bow-case above monogram. HGC 7, 99. MacDonald 152/13. SNG BM Black Sea -. SNG Stancomb -. A very rare variety. Minor pitting and with traces of overstriking on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.