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Æ - Asander Phanagoria
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 37 BC - 27 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Jugate busts of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) facing right, each wearing a laureate or pileus helmet; the busts are rendered in profile with visible drapery at the truncation. A faint Greek legend is partially visible in the upper field around the busts. The style is characteristic of late Hellenistic Bosporan bronze coinage, with broad, somewhat flat relief typical of hammered provincial issues. |
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| Reverse description | A bull standing right on a ground line, rendered in profile with sturdy musculature typical of Hellenistic Bosporan civic coinage. The Greek ethnic legend ΦΑΝΑΓΟ / ΡΙΤΩΝ is disposed in two lines, the first above the bull and the second below the ground line, identifying the issuing city of Phanagoria. A monogram appears to the left of the bull in the field. The overall composition is well-centred within the irregular flan. |
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| Mint | Phanagoria |
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