325 BC - 200 BC

Phanagoria   Bosporus Cimmerius
Φαναγόρια   Κιμμέριος Βόσπορος


 AE 11
SHH 3171

3171 Phanagoria Bosporus Cimmerius AE

Parameter

Obverse
Reverse
Notes

Reference
2.30 g   10.6-12.2 mm   1:00 o'clock   VF
t = 2.5-3.3 mm   ρ = 8.68 g/cm^3   σ(240 Hz) obv. 6.1-6.6, rev. 5.3-6.8 MS/m
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 ---