Caption

bronze coin, Pantikapaion (as Kaisarea), scepters, woman's head (iconographic), woman's head in kalathos and veil (iconographic), Aphrodite (mythology), Aphrodite Urania (iconographic), head of Aphrodite Urania (iconographic); obverse: woman's head in kalathos and veil (Aphrodite Urania?) facing right, pearl rim; reverse: scepter vertically, inscription in two rows on both sides, in the right field H, pearl rim; end of the 1st century BC, Cimmerian Bosporus, Pantikapaion (as Kaisarea); coin; weight 9.20 g; diameter ~21.3 mm x 21 mm

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A53_469

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Rights managed

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Keywords

bronze coin Pantikapaion Kaisarea scepters woman's head iconographic kalathos veil Aphrodite mythology Aphrodite Urania head obverse facing right pearl rim reverse scepter vertically inscription two rows sides right field H 1st century BC Cimmerian Bosporus coin weight 9.20 g diameter ~21.3 mm x 21 mm round dark object rough textured surface sits white background metallic dark gray black color slightly irregular rim raised vertical element near center flanked raised shapes small rounded bumps.