Beschreibung
Material: Bronze
Gewicht: 3,12 g
Tauric Chersonesus, Panticapaeum; c. 109-105 BC, Dichalkon, 3.12g. MacDonald-161, SNG BM Black Sea-941, SNG Cop-48. Obv: ANTIKO retrograde between the eight rays of a star, the AN ligate. Rx: Tripod. Apparently struck by Mithradates in the name of Panticapaeum: the star and tripod are both familiar symbols of Mithradates, and This issue is frequently found struck over coins of Pantcapaeum issued just previously to Mithradates intervention in the Bosporus (MacDonald, Bosporus, p. 41). Ex Pegasi 30, May 2014, lot 61.. EF
