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Tetrachalkon - Kanites
| Issuer | Kings of Skythia |
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| Year | 210 BC - 195 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands facing right atop a thunderbolt, wings partially spread, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition. The Greek legend is distributed around the central device in three segments: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ to the left, ΚΑΝΙ to the upper right, and ΑΠΟΛ along the lower portion of the field, together reading as an abbreviated royal titulature referencing King Kanites. The composition is bold and characteristic of Scythian royal bronze coinage of the late 3rd to early 2nd century BC. |
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| Mintage | ND (210 BC - 195 BC) |
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Kanites is among the most obscure rulers in the Skythian royal sequence, known almost exclusively through his coinage rather than any surviving literary or epigraphic record. His issues fall within a period of mounting pressure on Skythian power in the northwestern Pontic steppe, as the expanding Pontic kingdom under Pharnakes I began encroaching on territories the Skythians had controlled for generations. Bronze tetrachalkons of this type are poorly represented in major collections, and die studies remain incomplete.