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Dichalkon - Paerisades I Panticapaeum
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 320 BC - 310 BC |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head in right profile, depicted wearing an elaborate tiara or bashlyk-style headdress with layered, striated decoration rendered in fine relief. The facial features are boldly modeled in the Hellenistic tradition, with a prominent nose, defined brow, and stylized beard. The portrait is executed in a vigorous local style characteristic of Bosporan coinage of the late 4th century BC, occupying most of the flan with no surrounding legend. |
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| Reverse description | A forepart of a griffin facing left, rendered in high relief, with elaborately detailed feathered wings swept upward and a scaled or beaded body. The griffin's head is shown with an open beak and alert eye, conveying powerful dynamism. The abbreviated mint ethnic ΠΑΝ (for Pantikapaion) is disposed around the design, with Π to the left, Α above, and Ν to the right, in Greek majuscule letters. The composition is set within a plain, irregularly shaped flan typical of hammered Bosporan bronzes of this period. |
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| Mint | Panticapaeum |
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