Canites   Rex Scythicus Thraciae
Κανίτης   Σκύθης Βασιλέας Θράκης

AE 23

SHH 6779

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,