51 AD - 54 AD

Chersonesus   Peninsula Taurica
Χερσόνησος   Ταυρική Χερσόνησος
 AE 17
 SHH 5070

5070 Chersonesus Peninsula Taurica AE

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Provenance
 4.68 g   15.8-17.8 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
Laureate bust of Chersonas right, draped; in front, snake; to right XEP;
behind neck, HO (year 78 = 54 AD) downward; X in upper right field; border of dots.
Victoria standing left holding wreath and palm branch; mopnogramm in left field;
border of dots.
"This coin was issued while Rome was at war against Mithradates III of the Cimmerian Bosporos, who had been forcibly removed from the throne by the emperor Claudius circa 45 BC, replacing him with Cotys I. During this conflict, the Roman Legion X was stationed at Chersonesos." [auctioneer]
Anochin 219/222 (51-54 AD); Copenhagen II ---; Kazamanova ---;  Lindgren I & III ---;
Milano VI/3 ---; München VII ---; RPC I 1941/1944 (51-54 AD);
Stancomb 953 variant (54 AD); Zograph XXXVII.5/6 variant (46-54 BC)
Ex CNG Triton XVI/145, 8.1.2013; ex Alex Shubs Collection.