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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1961863, member: 42773&quot;]A flip-over double-strike is exactly what it is, and it&#039;s unquestionably from Pantikapaion. The letter at 6 o&#039;clock on the second image is clearly pi, followed by alpha, followed by nu - ΠΑΝ. These coins only had an inscription on one side, the reverse, so that fact that this one presents lettering on both sides confirms a flip-over double-strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>But is it a galley or bow type? I&#039;ve only seen the galley types on the larger denomination bronzes - in the 30mm, 12g range. That doesn&#039;t mean small denomination ones don&#039;t exist - I just haven&#039;t seen them. But I suspect this is the common bow type, and the double-strike has so jumbled the devices that it looks like the prow of a galley.</p><p><br /></p><p>One way or another, the coin would probably have some value to a collector of coins from Pantikapion, as an addendum to his/her set of &quot;nice&quot; pieces. I occasionally buy interesting errors, but I refuse to pay any sort of huge premium for them just because they&#039;re errors. If I collected coins of Pan, I might be willing to pay $20-$30 for it, but my pockets are rather shallow, so take that as an opinion of a miser.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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