Cercinites   Peninsula Taurica
Κερκινίτης   Ταυρική Χερσόνησος

AE 28

SHH 5066

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

1.76 g   6.3 / 28.4 mm   VF Arrowhead with central rib. Fish with large horizontal K. "Although over 35 of these coins were discovered in the excavations reported by Kutajsov, all of them were sent to museums (Eupatoria, Kiev, Hermitage, and Moscow). Thus, these are extremely rare in trade." [Auctioneer] Anochin (1989) 403 (ca. 450-425 BC); BM Black Sea ---; Copenhagen II ---; Medvedeva (1984) ---; Stancomb ---; Zograph --- V.F. Stolba, “Fish and Money: Numismatic Evidence for Black Sea Fishing” in T. Bekker-Nielsen, ed., Ancient Fishing and Fish Processing in the Black Sea Region (Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2005), 1 (this coin). Ex CNG Triton XVI/161, 8.1.2013; ex Alex Shubs Collection; ex Giessener Münzhandlung 60/180 (5.10.1992).