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Æ20 ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΩΝ, Η
| Issuer | Caesarea (Bosporus) |
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| Year | 15 BC - 1 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (15 BC - 1 BC) |
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The Η in the denomination marks this as an 8-unit bronze within the local reckoning of Caesarea on the Cimmerian Bosporus, a Greek-origin city operating under the Spartocid dynasty's successor kingdom. By the late first century BC, the Bosporan kingdom had become a Roman client state under Asander and later Dynamis, whose legitimacy rested on a complicated mixture of Thracian descent, Achaemenid connection through Mithridates VI, and Roman recognition. Coins of this period carry the weight of that political negotiation without a single Roman legend to show for it.