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Æ - Asander Phanagoria
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 47 BC - 16 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in Hellenistic style with wavy hair bound by a laurel wreath and fine facial features. The portrait is boldly modelled in high relief, occupying the full field of the flan. A continuous beaded border encircles the design. |
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| Reverse description | A galley prow facing right, depicted in profile with three oar banks (trireme ram) rendered in relief, the upper deck and prow stem clearly articulated. The ethnic legend ΦΑΝΑΓΟ above and ΡΙΤΩΝ below flanks the central device, divided across the field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Asander seized control of the Bosporan Kingdom by murdering his father-in-law Pharnaces II around 47 BC, then spent decades carefully aligning himself with Rome to secure legitimacy. His coinage from Phanagoria — the kingdom's major city on the Taman Peninsula — reflects that prolonged effort at political consolidation across a reign that outlasted most of his contemporaries in the Black Sea region.
He died around 17 BC at a reported age of 93, having held power longer than almost any other Bosporan ruler.