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Drachm
| Issuer | Phanagoreia |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of the youthful deity Kabeiros facing left, rendered in fine archaic-to-classical Greek style. The figure wears a distinctive tall conical pileus cap characteristic of the Kabeiroi cult, with wavy hair emerging beneath its brim and falling in striated locks along the neck. Facial features are sharply engraved, with a well-defined nose, full lips, and a strong chin, conveying youthful vigour. The field is unlettered, the type serving as the principal civic emblem of the Bosporan colony of Phanagoreia. |
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| Reverse description | A bull charging and butting to the left, rendered with muscular naturalism typical of the classical Greek die-cutting tradition. The animal is depicted in full profile with lowered head and forelegs braced in attack. A barley grain appears in the exergue beneath the bull, serving as a secondary civic symbol alluding to the agricultural wealth of the region. The entire design is contained within a shallow circular incuse square, a hallmark of early Pontic coinage. The Greek legend ФАНА appears in the field, abbreviated from ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΕΙΑ, identifying the issuing city of Phanagoreia. |
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| Mint | Phanagoreia |
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