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Drachm - Parisades III Panticapaeum
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 175 BC - 165 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition with finely detailed curling hair bound by a laurel wreath. The facial features are delicately modeled with a straight profile, almond-shaped eye, and slightly parted lips. The neck is bare, and the portrait occupies the full field of the flan in a style consistent with Pontic Greek coinage of the second century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing to the right with wings partially raised and closed, perched on an undefined ground line, its powerful talons and feathered body rendered in bold relief characteristic of Bosporan hammered coinage. The Greek ethnic inscription ΠΑΝ, an abbreviation for Panticapaeum, appears to the right of the eagle in the field. The composition is compact, filling the irregular flan, and reflects the civic coinage tradition of the Bosporan Kingdom under Parisades III. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΠΑΝ |
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