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Kingdom of Bosporus Silver Stater of Ininthimeos with Maximinus Thrax (minted in Pantikapaion in 238):

 

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That coin is of exceptional quality and much rarer then any of the gold or electrum Staters. The coinage tells a story of a Kingdom going downhill from the time of Mithradates VI 120-66BC forward to Ininthimeos. Gold content went from 99.9% to 5% during the reign of Cotys III/Severus Alexander 222-35AD. I was going to bid on it/ but glad I did not.
Here is one of mine....

 

The first of my suite of Five Good Emperors.

Marcus Aurelius. A.D. 161-180. AR denarius. 3.16 gm. 19 mm. Rome mint. Struck A.D. 171. His laureate head right; M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV / Roma seated left, holding Victory and scepter; COS III. RIC III 233. RSC 133. Good Very Fine; rich old tone with blue iridescence.

The Peter Bartlett Collection.


Photo credit and write up to Davisson's Ltd.

 

Indo-Greek Silver Drachm of Apollodotos II (minted sometime between 85 and 65 BCE):