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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 2723369, member: 82194&quot;]From about the 8th to 6th centuries BC, during a period known as the Second Greek colonization, many Greek city-states planted colonies throughout the region along the coasts of the Aegean, Mediterranean, and Black Seas.</p><p><br /></p><p>My newest coin, received this week, began its journey in Panticapaeum, which was a colony founded by mother-city Miletus, a Greek city on the western coast of Asia Minor.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/ancient/Panticapaeum-MacDonald116.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="2">Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, Panticapaeum. Ca. 304-250 B.C.</font></p><p><font size="2">Æ20 (20 mm, 7.05 g).</font></p><p><font size="2">Obv: Head of Pan or of a satyr left.</font></p><p><font size="2">Reverse: Arrow pointing right below strung bow, ΠAN (Pi + AN) below.</font></p><p><font size="2">SNG BM Black Sea 894; MacDonald 116/1</font></p><p><font size="2">Ex. BAC Numismatics</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to see what you all have - so post up your PANs</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; or any coin from the Black Sea Region</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; or any Greek coin for that matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some Reading:</p><p><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Dpanticapaeum-geo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D3%3Aentry%3Dpanticapaeum-geo" rel="nofollow">Panticapaeum</a></p><p><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D12%3Aentry%3Dmiletus-geo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DM%3Aentry+group%3D12%3Aentry%3Dmiletus-geo" rel="nofollow">Miletus</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Colonization/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Colonization/" rel="nofollow">Greek Colonization</a></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; -<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Greek_colonisation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Greek_colonisation" rel="nofollow">First Greek colonization</a></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; -<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Greek_colonisation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Greek_colonisation" rel="nofollow">Second Greek colonization</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosporan_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosporan_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">Bosporan Kingdom</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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