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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnemicOak, post: 129633, member: 5224&quot;]Hi gang,</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought I&#039;d share my latest area of interest with you.&nbsp; These coins were minted in the city of Panticapaeum in the late 4th Century B.C. into the early 3rd Century B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s more on Panticapaeum from the Encyclopedia of the Ukraine...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...and here&#039;s some info about the Kingdom of the Bosporus from the same source</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/AnemicOak/14673q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>4th Century B.C.</p><p>Bronze AE21</p><p>6.915g</p><p>21.6mm</p><p>Obverse bearded head of Pan (or Satyr) to right</p><p>Reverse P(Pi not P)A, forepart of griffin left, sturgeon left beneath</p><p>S 1700; SNG Cop 30 - 31, MacDonald 69; Anokhim 111; SNG BM Black Sea 869 - 871</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/AnemicOak/000389.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Pantikapaion AE20 (tetrachalk)</p><p>300-275 BC</p><p>5.92gm</p><p>19.7mm</p><p>Obv: Head of Pan (or Satyr), without beard, wearing ivy wreath, left</p><p>Rev: Roaring lion&#039;s head left; sturgeon left below; P(Pi not P)AN surrounding</p><p>Anokhin 125; SNG BMC Black Sea 883ff; SNG Stancomb 552ff</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/AnemicOak/pan_ae12x.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>AE12-13</p><p>Tauric Chersonesus, Panticapaeum, 4th cent. BC</p><p>1.93g.</p><p>Obv: Beardless head of Pan (or Satyr) Rt.</p><p>Rx: Bow in case, inscription P(Pi not P)AN above, TI below</p><p>SNG BM-474, SNG Cop-50</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 2000 the government of the Ukraine minted this coin to commemorate the founding of Panticapaeum/Kerch 2,600 years earlier.&nbsp; Notice how they included images of the old coins, I thought that was neat.</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/AnemicOak/E0144LG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been doing a lot of reading on the Bosporan Kingdom &amp; have taken an extreme interest in it&#039;s coinage.&nbsp; Just thought I&#039;d share my new passion with you all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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