Pantikapaion, bronze (CN type 24104)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
90-83 v. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Pantikapaion dated 90-83 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 24104. Obverse: Youthful male head (Menes?), right, wearing Phrygian cap. Reverse: Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding bunch of grapes in right hand over panther, advancing left, head right, resting left arm on thyrsus.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29–32.5 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 17.78 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pantikapaion
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Youthful male head (Menes?), right, wearing Phrygian cap.
- Reverse type
- Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding bunch of grapes in right hand over panther, advancing left, head right, resting left arm on thyrsus.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠΑΙΤΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/24104
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 24104
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
Research required
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