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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 7557308, member: 89211&quot;]I have several coins from the Stancomb collection. It seems he decided to collect a relatively neglected area (at the time he started his collection) which strikes me as an excellent idea. They are still</p><p>good value.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303358[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-438/7 BC.</p><p>Lion head facing</p><p>&nbsp;Quadripartite incuse square.</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG Stancomb 512 (this coin); Frolova 85; MacDonald 1/7; HGC 7&nbsp; 40.</p><p>0.57g, 8mm. </p><p>Very Fine. Very Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303359[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion Æ26. Circa 340-325 BC</p><p>Head of bearded satyr left wreathed with ivy</p><p>&nbsp;Bow over arrow; ΠΑΝΤΙ below.</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG Stancomb 539 (this coin); MacDonald 59; HGC 7&nbsp; 106. 14.43g, 26mm, 3h.</p><p><br /></p><p>He had some interesting countermarked coins :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303360[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion Æ20. Circa 310-304/3 BC.</p><p>Wreathed head of beardless satyr left; c/m: 12-rayed sunburst within circular incuse</p><p>&nbsp;Lion&#039;s head left, Π[Α]Ν around, [sturgeon] to left below; c/m: bow and arrow.</p><p>SNG Pushkin 956; cf. for undertype: Anokhin 1039; MacDonald 70; HGC 7, 114.</p><p>&nbsp;6.71g, 20mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303363[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kimmerian Bosporos, Phanagoria Æ12. Circa 140-108 BC</p><p>Ivy-wreathed and bearded head of young satyr right</p><p>&nbsp;ΦΑ, bow and arrow.</p><p>MacDonald 157; SNG BM Black Sea 993-4; HGC 7&nbsp; 173.</p><p>&nbsp;2.15g, 12mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the William Stancomb Collection </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303364[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kings of Bosporos, Polemo I Æ19. Circa 15/14-8 BC.</p><p>Lion running right, star above.</p><p>Monogram of Polemo.</p><p>SNG Stancomb 962 (this coin); MacDonald 230; HGC 7, 348.</p><p>7.21g, 19mm, 12h. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1303365[/ATTACH]</p><p>Paphlagonia, Sinope AR Drachm. Krethe, magistrate. Circa 330-300 BC.</p><p>Head of Nymph left, hair in sphendone, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, aphlaston to left</p><p>&nbsp;ΣΙΝΩ, eagle flying clutching dolphin, KPHΘ[E] under wing.</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG Stancomb 767 (this coin); SNG BM Black Sea 1474; SNG Ashmolean 288 (same dies); HGC 7, 391.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;4.77g, 19mm, 6h.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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