Caption

Bronze coin, Phanagoria (as Agrippias); obverse: head of a woman in a diadem and veil (Aphrodite Urania?) facing right, pearl-like rim; reverse: prora (ship's prow) facing left, inscription above in two rows, three dots below, letter H on the right; end 1st century BC, Cimmerian Bosporus, Phanagoria; iconography: head of a woman, head of Aphrodite (Aphrodite Urania), ships/vessels; coin; weight 7.84 g; diameters 22 mm and 22.2 mm.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A53_443

License type

Rights managed

Available size

23.0Mb (1.5Mb) / 9.5in x 9.5in / 2835 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bronze coin Phanagoria Agrippias obverse head woman diadem veil Aphrodite Urania facing right pearl- rim reverse prora ship's prow facing left inscription two rows three dots letter H right 1st century BC Cimmerian Bosporus iconography Aphrodite ships vessels coin weight 7.84 g diameters 22 mm 22.2 mm circular dark brown object rough textured surface irregular edges showing raised rim inner circular border within inner area raised elongated shape composed several parallel ridges rounded ends accompanied group small rounded dots short lines beside object chips notches perimeter variations darker lighter brown tones across surface.