LION and PAN Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion - Crimean peninsula
-- Coin information:
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion - struck around 310-303 BC
Obverse: Head of Pan left, wreathed in ivy
Reverse: Π-A-N, head of lion left, sturgeon below
Panticapaeum was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat. Its ruins now lie in the modern city of Kerch.
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- Sterling silver chain and jewelry pouch included
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-- Coin information:
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion - struck around 310-303 BC
Obverse: Head of Pan left, wreathed in ivy
Reverse: Π-A-N, head of lion left, sturgeon below
Panticapaeum was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat. Its ruins now lie in the modern city of Kerch.
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- Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
- Sterling silver chain and jewelry pouch included
- Interested in ancient coins? I wrote a little bit about what I find fascinating about them here
-- Coin information:
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion - struck around 310-303 BC
Obverse: Head of Pan left, wreathed in ivy
Reverse: Π-A-N, head of lion left, sturgeon below
Panticapaeum was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city lay on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus, and was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC, on a hill later named Mount Mithridat. Its ruins now lie in the modern city of Kerch.
www.shopancient.com
- Comes with certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin
- Sterling silver chain and jewelry pouch included
- Interested in ancient coins? I wrote a little bit about what I find fascinating about them here
All coin jewelry comes with the following items:
- Certificate which guarantees authenticity and provides background information (listed below) on the acquired coin(s)
- Sterling silver chain and jewelry pouch