CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 400-375 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.12 g).

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Lot: 45. Estimated: $ 100

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 400-375 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.12 g). Facing head of lion / Quadripartite incuse square; A-Π-O-Λ in quarters. Frolova, frühe, Type XXXIV, 530–5; cf. Anokhin 1141 (hemiobol); MacDonald 21/3; HGC 7, 153. Toned, softly struck, delaminations and porosity on obverse. VF. Very rare.

Stylistically, the lion’s head coinage bearing the “AΠOΛ” legend and those with the ethnic of Pantikapaion are identical and must come from the same mint. MacDonald (p. 16) notes that the “AΠOΛ” found on such coins “...may refer to Apollo or his temple, the chief religious institution of Panticapaeum, which perhaps provided the silver for the coinage.”

Closing Date and Time: 1 July 2020 at 10:14:40 ET.

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