180 BC - 100 BC

Canites   Rex Scythicus Thraciae
Κανίτης   Σκύθης Βασιλέας Θράκης


 AE 23
SHH 6779

6779 Thrace (Scyths) Kanites AE

Parameter

Obverse
Reverse

Notes

Reference

Provenance
9.17 g   22.4-23.4 mm   2.5 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / -
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 5.4 rev. 5.7 MS/m
Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing  corn wreath.
Torch to left and corn ear to right, upright;
[ΒΑΣΙΛ]ΕΩΣ / [Κ]ΑΝΙTOY downward on either side; ΠOΛY
in exergue.
Single strike with a spherical hammer on a flat anvil on reverse resulting in
a calotte of about 7 mm diameter.

BM I Black Sea --- (3rd-2nd century BC); Head p. --- (2ns-1st century BC);
Moushmov ---
(3rd-1st century BC); Stancomb 310/311 (180-150 BC)
Ex Naville Numismatics 42/56, 22.7.2018,