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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3222733, member: 44316&quot;]I have one. The type is:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]839340[/ATTACH] </p><p>Panticapaeum, 20 mm. 294-284 BC according to Anokhin and Frolova says &quot;beginning of the third century B.C.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p>Young head of Pan left with ivy wreath</p><p>Lion&#039;s head left over sturgeon, ΠAN around</p><p>Sear Greek 1701, Anokhin 125, MacDonald 70 &quot;c. 325 -310 B.C.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one countermarked:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]839347[/ATTACH] </p><p>Also 20 mm. 6.66 grams. Same type, countermarked with large star in a circle on the obverse and a bowcase on the other.</p><p>Countermark struck c. 285-275 according to Anokhin 130 and a bit earlier according to Bill Stancomb who dated the type earlier than Anokhin.</p><p>Not in MacDonald.</p><p><br /></p><p>The countermark is associated with an economic crisis, variously attributed to decline of external trade (Gajdukevich, Golenko, Brabich), wars with the Scyths and civil wars of Bosporan kings (Shelov), and the charge in relative value of gold and silver (Karyshkovskij).</p><p><br /></p><p>The next type issued had the same size and obverse (not as well engraved) but the bow and arrow as the design.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]839350[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>21 mm. 5.73 grams.</p><p>Sear Greek --. Anokhin 133. Not in MacDonald.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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