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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2884405, member: 42773"]I know very little about this coinage - I just ordered the book, thank you [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] . I like both of your acquisitions very much Doug. They have great detail for the types - the lettering is particularly good on both.  I would have snatched those up as well. I do have this one "stater" of Thothorses which is difficult to photograph for its glossiness. Someone who knows more about these coins that I do (although I forget who it was) told me the alloy contained a significant amount of lead, giving them a unique fabric. [ATTACH=full]691874[/ATTACH] Bosporan Kingdom, Tiberius Julius Thothorses, c. AD 278-308/9AE Stater, 20mm, 7.6g, 12h; Uncertain mint (Panticapaeum?), AD 290.Obv.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΘΟΘΩΡΣΟΥ; Diademed, draped bust of king right.Rev.: Laureate head of Diocletian right, tamga in right field // ΖΠΦ (587 = 290 AD).Reference: cf. Anokhin 735, Mionnet 2, 160ff.[/QUOTE]