325 BC - 200 BC

Phanagoria   Bosporus Cimmerius
Φαναγόρια   Κιμμέριος Βόσπορος


 AE 12
SHH 2532

2532 Phanagoria Bosporus Cimmerius AE

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse
Notes

Reference
1.16 g   11.6-12.8 mm   6:00 o'clock   F
Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy.
Bunch of grapes; ΦΑ upward to right.
Anochin and MacDonald describe rev. as thunderbolt (same coin from St. Petersburg).
One specimen is known from the Münzkabinett in Berlin.
Anochin 177 (130-125 BC); BM 1 Black Sea ---; Copenhagen IV ---; Lindgren II & III---;
MacDonald 158 (140-108 BC); Sear Greek ---; Stancomb ---; Zograph ---