Caption

bronze coin, Pantikapaion (as Kaisarea); obverse: busts of a woman in a mural crown and a veil (Aphrodite Urania?) to the right, pearl rim; reverse: torch vertically, inscription in two rows on both sides, H on the right, pearl rim; busts of Aphrodite/Urania; Black Sea; end of the 1st century BC; Cimmerian Bosporus; coin; weight 6.78 g; diameters 21.6 mm and 20.5 mm

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A53_496

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.1Mb (2.7Mb) / 12.5in x 12.5in / 3744 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

bronze coin Pantikapaion Kaisarea obverse busts woman mural crown veil Aphrodite Urania right pearl rim reverse torch vertically inscription two rows sides H Aphrodite Urania Black Sea 1st century BC Cimmerian Bosporus coin weight 6.78 g diameters 21.6 mm 20.5 mm round worn object rough textured surface dark brown black tones spots lighter bronze gold showing object irregular raised edge vertical line near center intersected shorter horizontal line several small dot- bumps lower edge marks scattered across face.