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Obverse: Bearded head of satyr (or the god Pan) right.
Reverse: Forepart of griffin left, sturgeon below.
Issuer: Pantakapaion (Panticapaeum) in Thrace.
Specifications: Bronze, 21.34 mm., 7.68 g.
Grade: NGC Ch VF; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5. Cert. #5770260-001. Purchased raw.
Reference: Anokhin 111; SNG BM Black Sea 869-871; MacDonald 69.*
Provenance: Ex-Lodge Antiquities, UK, via VCoins store, 9 March 2019.*
Notes: Pantikápaion was a Greek city on the eastern side of Crimea. Its ruins are in the modern Ukrainian city of Kerch, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Comments: Pan sort of looks like a werewolf here, doesn't he?
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Collection : Ancient & Medieval Coins (to 1600 AD)