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560. CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Circa 140-108 BC. Æ (15mm, 1.95 g, 4h). Wreathed and bearded head of satyr right / Bow and kerykeion. MacDonald 157 note corr.; Anokhin -; SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -. VF, dark green patina, a little rough, a hint of smoothing in fields. Very rare with caduceus. ($100) MacDonald comments that “[o]n some specimens the arrow nock and fletching are so large that the arrow resembles a caduceus [kerykeion].” Certainly, on some examples, this is the case (e.g. CNG E-Auction 107, lot 32), but on those examples the arrow tip is clearly angled to represent a point. On the present coin, the bottom of the kerykeion is clearly a straight line, resembling a base, rather than an arrow tip. Whether this was a mistake of the engraver is uncertain, but it is clear that the device here is a kerykeion, not an arrow.
561. CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator. Circa 109-105 BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.31 g, 1h). Wreathed head of Artemis right; quiver behind / Rose. MacDonald 162; Anokhin 193; SNG BM Black Sea 999. VF, find patina. ($500) Ex Gorny & Mosch 146 (6 March 2006), lot 121.
563 562 562. CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator. Circa 90-79 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.38 g, 1h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch and ethnic within ivy wreath; monogram above. MacDonald 172; Anokhin 204; SNG BM Black Sea 997. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Well centered and struck. Rare. ($500) 563. CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator. Circa 90-79 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.73 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Grape bunch and ethnic within ivy wreath; monogram above. MacDonald 172; Anokhin 204; SNG BM Black Sea 997. VF, lightly toned, light scratches on obverse. Rare. ($300)
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564. CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Time of Mithridates VI Eupator. Circa 90-79 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.60 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Filleted thyrsos. MacDonald 173/1; Anokhin 205; SNG BM Black Sea 998. Good VF, toned, light porosity. Rare. ($300) Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 409.
565. CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia (as Agrippia). Circa 14-12 BC. Æ 8 Units (19mm, 6.45 g, 12h). Veiled and draped bust of Aphrodite Apatura right / Prow left; H (mark of value) to right, star below. RPC I 1935; MacDonald 275 var. (no star below); Anokhin 323 var. (same). VF, dark brown patina with patches of red. ($100)
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