180 BC - 100 BC

Canites   Rex Scythicus Thraciae
Κανίτης   Σκύθης Βασιλέας Θράκης


 AE 22
SHH 4695

4695 Thrace (Scyths) Kanites AE

Parameter

Obverse
Reverse

Notes

Reference
8.71 g   21.3-23.5 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
ρ = 8,25 g/cm^3;   σ (240 Hz) obv.  4,0-7,0 rev. 3,6-6,2 MS/m
Head of bearded Kanites right, wearing leather cap; border of dots.
Cornucopia with grain ears hanging on either side;
ΒΑ[ΣΙΛΕΩΣ] // ΚΑΝΙT[OY] downward on either side; BAK
in exergue.
Circular countermark
on obverse,
head
of Hermes wearig petasos or male head wearing kausia.
BM Black Sea --- (3rd-2nd century BC); Draganov (2010) 22 (no countermark);
Head --- (2ns-1st century BC); Moushmov ---
(3rd-1st century BC);
Stancomb --- (180-150 BC)