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Stater - Asander Panticapaeum
| Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
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| Year | 41 BC - 40 BC |
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| Weight | 8.22 g |
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| Reverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΣANΔPOY Z |
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| Mint | Panticapaeum |
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Asander seized control of the Bosporan Kingdom by defeating and likely killing Pharnaces II around 47 BC, then spent years maneuvering for legitimate recognition — first styling himself archon, then eventually king. This stater falls within a transitional window when his authority over Panticapaeum was consolidating but far from secure, the kingdom caught between Roman factional politics and Pontic dynastic claims. Caesar's assassination in 44 BC had removed his most important patron.
The Anokhin 1322 attribution places this among the later regal issues before Asander's death around 17 BC, though the precise annual sequencing of Bosporan staters from this period remains contested among specialists.