Acrosas / Acrosandrus   Rex Scythicus Thraciae
Ακρόσας / Ακρόσανδρος   Σκύθης Βασιλέας Θράκης

AE 22

SHH 5650

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference Provenance

7.19 g   21.9-22.7 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF Jugate veiled heads of Demeter and Persephone right, wreathed with corn-ears. Two ears of corn; downward, [Β]ΑΣ[ΙΛΕ] on right, [Α]ΚΡΟΣA on left; ΑΝ[ΔΡΕ] in exergue. Circular countermark head of Great God on obverse. Canarache 29/30; Draganov (2010) 57; Head p.289 (ca.100 BC); Lindgren ---; Moushmov 5809 (ca.100 BC); Sear Greek 1732 (ca.100 BC); Stancomb --- Ex Heidelberger Münzhandlung (HMH) 64/454, 20.11.2014; ex collection Peter R. Franke