TAURIC CHERSONESOS. Pantikapaion. Circa 438-430 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.42 gm). Facing lion's head / Swastika shaped incuse with raised quadrants bearing two stars and the letters
P A. MacDonald 12/2; SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -; SNG Lockett 1090. Toned, good VF, light porosity.
The letters can eitehr be read as P A for Pantikapaion or A P for Apollo, who had an important cult center at the city and may have provided the silver for this coinage.
