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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 8048562, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion): bronze Æ21, ca. 310-303 BC</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/01-pantikapaion-frame-png.1362873/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> Bearded head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr" rel="nofollow">satyr</a> (or the god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)" rel="nofollow">Pan</a>) right.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> Forepart of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin" rel="nofollow">griffin</a> left, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon" rel="nofollow">sturgeon</a> below.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuer: </b>Pantakapaion (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panticapaeum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panticapaeum" rel="nofollow">Panticapaeum</a>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" rel="nofollow">Thrace</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Specifications:</b> Bronze, 21.34 mm., 7.68 g.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade:</b> <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5770260-001/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5770260-001/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">NGC Ch VF</a>; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5. Cert. #5770260-001. Purchased raw.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference: </b>Anokhin 111; SNG BM Black Sea 869-871; MacDonald 69.<a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/pantikapaion/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/pantikapaion/t.html" rel="nofollow">*</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance:</b> Ex-Lodge Antiquities, UK, via VCoins store, 9 March 2019.<a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/lodge_antiquities-88/ancient-coins/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/lodge_antiquities-88/ancient-coins/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">*</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Notes: </b>Pantikápaion was a Greek city on the eastern side of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" rel="nofollow">Crimea</a>. Its ruins are located in the modern Ukrainian city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerch" rel="nofollow">Kerch</a>, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Comments: </b>Pan sort of looks like a werewolf here, doesn&#039;t he?</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">&nbsp;<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/02-pantakapaion-photovision-png.1362874/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/06-pantakapaion-obv-png.1362878/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/07-pantikapaion-rev-png.1362879/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/08-pantakapaion-slab-png.1362880/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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