Caption

bronze coin, Pantikapaion (as Kaisarea); obverse: head of a woman in a kalathos and a veil (Aphrodite Urania?), facing right, pearl rim; reverse: sceptre vertical, inscription in two rows on both sides, dot below on the left, H on the right, pearl rim; motifs: head of a woman, sceptres, Aphrodite (mythological), Aphrodite Urania (iconographic), balls; Black Sea; late 1st century BC; Cimmerian Bosporus (place of creation); coin; weight 9.65 g; diameter 20.9–21.4 mm

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A53_465

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Keywords

bronze coin Pantikapaion Kaisarea obverse head woman kalathos veil Aphrodite Urania facing right pearl rim reverse sceptre vertical inscription two rows sides dot left H right motifs sceptres Aphrodite mythological iconographic balls Black Sea late 1st century BC Cimmerian Bosporus place creation coin weight 9.65 g diameter 20.9–21.4 mm circular dark brown metal disk textured surface showing vertical raised rod decorative top near center surrounded raised irregular markings shapes side lower edge disk slightly uneven rim faint border following contour.