Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 511. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
 2002. THRACE, Black Sea Area. Pantikapaion. BID 
 Estimate $15000  
    THRACE, Black Sea Area. Pantikapaion. Circa 340     BC. AV Stater (8.52 gm). Bearded head of Pan left,     wearing wreath of ivy leaves / Griffin standing     left on stalk of wheat, head facing, holding spear     in mouth. SNG BMC Black Sea 867; Weber 2690; SNG     Copenhagen 20; Gulbenkian 588; SNG Lockett 1095.     Good VF, light marks in fields. ($15,000)    Pantikapaion was founded by Greek colonists from     Miletos in the late 7th century BC. Situated on     the west side of the Cimmerian Bosporos, in what     is now the Crimea, it achieved great prosperity     through its exploitation of the abundant fisheries     of the Straits and the export of wheat from the     Crimea. This wealth is attested by its splendid     gold coinage commencing in the mid-4th century and     by the magnificently furnished rock tombs of its     principal citizens in the 4th and 3rd centuries.     Later, it was to become a regional capital of the     kingdom of Mithradates VI of Pontos (120-63 BC)     and later still the seat of the kings of Bosporos     (1st cent. BC — 4th cent. AD). 

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Lot sold for  $11000, plus buyers fees.

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