180 BC - 100 BC

Canites   Rex Scythicus Thraciae
Κανίτης   Σκύθης Βασιλέας Θράκης


 AE 22
SHH 4979

4979 Canites Reges Thraciae AE

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse

Notes
Reference
5.47 g   21.5-23.1 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF
Head of Herkales wearing lion's skin right.
Club  downward to right of gorytos, both upright; ΒΑΣΙΛΕ / ΚΑΝΙ downward on either side;
ΒΙ[ΖΩ] in exergue.

Circular countermark four spoked wheel on obverse.

BM Black Sea --- (3rd-2nd century BC); Canarache cf. 20/21; Draganov (2010) 15 (no CM);
Moushmov ---
(3rd-1st century BC); Stancomb cf. 315 (180-150 BC)