THRACE, Black Sea Area. Pantikapaion. Circa 2nd-1st Century BC. Æ 31mm (19.46 gm). Young head right wearing a laureate, Phrygian helmet, helmet decorated with stars / PAN-TIK[A]/PAI-TW[N] in two lines across fields, Dionysos standing left, holding grape cluster in right hand, thyrsos in left, panther at his feet left. SNG BMC Black Sea 936; SNG Stancomb -; SNG Copenhagen -; Anohin 201; Laffaille -. VF, orangish-brown patina. Overstruck on an earlier Pantikapaion Æ, Poseidon/Prow (SNG Stancomb 586, see the previous lot), with the undertype clearly visible on both sides. ($150) Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 320. Lot sold for USD 350. Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com From the Triton V Sale, January, 2002. Used by permission of Classical Numismatic Group, www.cngcoins.com.