Pantikapaion AV stater obverse
Pantikapaion
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AV stater 9.0840 g, 21.9 mm
340-325 BC
1. MacDonald, David. 2005. An Introduction to the History and Coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus. Page 21 #54. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
2. Shelov, D.B. 1978. Coinage of the Bosphorus VI-II Centuries B.C. Page 80, last paragraph, and Plate II #32. Great Britain: British Archaeological Reports.
3. Jenkins, G. K. and M. Castro Hipólito. 1989. A Catalogue of The Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Part II Greece to East. Page 58 #589 and Plate LIX #589. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Obverse
Head of bearded satyr left, wearing ivy wreath
Reverse
Griffin standing left. head turned toward front, right front leg raised, grasping javelin in mouth, grain ear below.
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