Description: See my other items here. ATTENTION: Dear Customers, you will receive exactly the same item which you see on the pictures, not similar or other. Please read the description carefully and review the photos. BOSPORUS, Panticapaeum. Coin AE21. NGC certified XF. Jump to navigationJump to searchPanticapaeumΠαντικάπαιον (in Ancient Greek)The prytaneion of Panticapaeum, second century BC. Kerch's Obelisk of Glory is visible in the background.Shown within CrimeaShow map of CrimeaShow map of Black SeaShow allLocationKerch, Autonomous Republic of CrimeaRegionTauricaCoordinates45°21′3″N 36°28′7″ECoordinates: 45°21′3″N 36°28′7″ETypeSettlementArea100 ha (250 acres)HistoryBuilderSettlers from MiletusFounded7th or 6th century BCAbandonedApproximately 370 ADPeriodsArchaic GreekCulturesGreekSite notesConditionRuinedOwnershipPublicPublic accessYesPanticapaeum (Ancient Greek: Παντικάπαιον, romanized: Pantikápaion) was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of Crimea, which the Greeks called Taurica. The city was built on Mount Mithridat, a hill on the western side of the Cimmerian Bosporus. It was founded by Milesians in the late 7th or early 6th century BC. The ruins of the site are now located in the modern city Kerch. Early existenceA coin from Panticapaeum, bearing a star inside a diadem and the letters "ΠΑΝ", 2nd century BC.See also: Greeks in pre-Roman CrimeaDuring the first centuries of the city's existence, imported Greek articles predominated: pottery (see Kerch Style), terracottas, and metal objects, probably from workshops in Rhodes, Corinth, Samos, and Athens. Local production, imitated from the models, was carried on at the same time. Athens manufactured a special type of bowl for the city, known as Kerch ware. Local potters imitated the Hellenistic bowls known as the Gnathia style as well as relief wares—Megarian bowls. The city minted silver coins from the 5th century BC and gold and bronze coins from the 4th century BC. At its greatest extent it occupied 100 hectares (250 acres). The Hermitage and Kerch Museums contain material from the site, which is still being excavated.Representations of Pan on 4th century BC gold and silver Pantikapaion coinsFifth to first centuries BCIn the 5th–4th centuries BC, the city became the residence first of the Archaeanactids and then of the Spartocids, dynasties of Thracian kings of Bosporus, and was hence itself sometimes called Bosporus. Its economic decline in the 4th–3rd centuries BC was the result of the Sarmatian conquest of the steppes and the growing competition of Egyptian grain.MithridatesSmall statue of Scythians with bows from Panticapeum, fourth century BC. Half of a century later, Mithridates took his life in Panticapaeum, when, after his defeat in a war against Rome, his son and heir Pharnaces and citizens of Panticapaeum turned against him.The last of the Spartocids, Paerisades V, apparently left his realm to Mithridates VI Eupator, king of Pontus. This transition was arranged by one of Mithridates's generals, Diophantus, who earlier had been sent to Taurica to help local Greek cities against Palacus of Lesser Scythia. The mission did not go smoothly: Paerisades was murdered by Scythians led by Saumacus, and Diophantus escaped to return later with reinforcements to suppress the revolt (c. 110 BC).
Price: 1290 USD
Location: Riga
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Denomination: AR Tetradrachm
Cleaned/Uncleaned: Cleaned
Composition: Silver
Year: 4th Century BC
Era: Ancient
Certification Number: 6828705-005
Grade: XF
KM Number: 6828705-005
Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
Certification: NGC
Date: 4th Century BC
