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Tetrachalkon Countermarked
Issuer | Bosporan Kingdom |
Year | 275 BC - 265 BC |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | Tetrachalkon (1⁄12) |
Currency | Drachm |
Composition | Copper |
Weight | 6.08 g |
Dimensions | 19 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered, Countermarked |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | Anokhin#1044-1045, MacDonald#114-115, SNG BM Black Sea#886-889, HGC 7#115 |
Obverse description | Wreathed head of young satyr (Pan) looking left; star countermark |
Obverse script | |
Obverse lettering | |
Reverse description | Lion head left, sturgeon below; gorytos (Scythian bow-case) countermark. |
Reverse script | Greek |
Reverse lettering | ПАN (Translation: Abbreviation of Panticapaeum (Pantikapaion) city) |
Edge | |
Mint | |
Mintage | ND (275 BC - 265
BC) - 10-rayed star; countermarks cut in dies - ND (275 BC - 265
BC) - 10-rayed star; overstrucked countermarks - ND (275 BC - 265
BC) - 12-rayed star; overstrucked countermarks - ND (275 BC - 265
BC) - 12-rayed star; overstrucked countermarks; reversed countermarks (star is on the reverse, gorytus is on obverse) - ND (275 BC - 265
BC) - 13-rayed star; countermarks cut in dies - ND (275 BC - 265
BC) - 14-rayed star; countermarks cut in dies - ND (275 BC - 265
BC) - 16-rayed star; countermarks cut in dies -
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Catalog ID | 1226780980 |
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