bronze coin, Gorgippia; head of Apollo (iconographic), tripod (iconographic), thyrsus (iconographic); Black Sea; Apollo (mythology); monograms. Obverse: head of Apollo in a laurel wreath facing right, hair combed up, two curled locks on the neck. Reverse: tripod, behind it a thyrsus with a ribbon positioned diagonally to the right, with a monogram in the left and right fields. Dated 1st quarter of the 1st century BC (95–65 BC according to Frolov). Bosphorus Cimmerian, Gorgippia/Pantikapaion. Coin; bronze; weight 7.15 g; diameter ~22.1 mm / 22.0 mm.
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bronze coin, Gorgippia; head of Apollo (iconographic), tripod (iconographic), thyrsus (iconographic); Black Sea; Apollo (mythology); monograms. Obverse: head of Apollo in a laurel wreath facing right, hair combed up, two curled locks on the neck. Reverse: tripod, behind it a thyrsus with a ribbon positioned diagonally to the right, with a monogram in the left and right fields. Dated 1st quarter of the 1st century BC (95–65 BC according to Frolov). Bosphorus Cimmerian, Gorgippia/Pantikapaion. Coin; bronze; weight 7.15 g; diameter ~22.1 mm / 22.0 mm.

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bronze coin Gorgippia head Apollo iconographic tripod thyrsus Black Sea mythology monograms Obverse laurel wreath facing right hair combed up two curled locks neck Reverse ribbon positioned diagonally monogram left right fields Dated 1st quarter 1st century BC 95–65 BC according Frolov Bosphorus Cimmerian Pantikapaion Coin bronze weight 7.15 g diameter ~22.1 mm 22.0 mm circular weathered object rough pitted surface shades dark gray black patches dull bronze showing raised profile right-facing orientation textured hair facial contours surrounded uneven crater- indentations worn edges set white background.

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