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Hexadrachm - Spartocus III Panticapaeum
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 303 BC - 293 BC |
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| Value | Hexadrachm (6) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (303 BC - 293 BC) |
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Spartocus III ruled the Bosporan Kingdom during a period of acute pressure from Scythian tribes to the north and shifting alliances with the Macedonian successor states to the west. The Spartocid dynasty maintained power at Panticapaeum partly through grain exports to Athens — a trade relationship so vital that Athenian decrees honoring Bosporan rulers survive to this day. These large silver coins functioned as much as diplomatic instruments as commercial currency, facilitating transactions with Greek trading partners across the Black Sea littoral.
The hexadrachm denomination itself is unusual; most Greek mints standardized around the tetradrachm, making Panticapaeum's persistence with the heavier six-drachm module a deliberate regional distinction.