Æ Obol - Mithridates VI Gorgippia

Obverse

(en) Head of Mên right, wearing a laureate Phrygian cap.

Reverse

(en) Dionysos standing left, holding grape bunch and thyrsos; to lower left, panther seated left, raising forepaw; monogram to right.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ

Mint

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See also

• kotowate
• Mythology
• Phrygian cap

• Æ Obol - Mithridates VI (Panticapaeum)
• Æ Obol - Mithridates VI (Phanagoria)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
ND (90 BC - 79 BC)							$ 320				Anokhin# 1205 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 178/1 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Shonov Bosporos# 370 Igor Valentinovich Shonov; 2019. Монетная чеканка правителей Боспора VI - I вв. до н. э. = Coinage of the rulers of Bosporus in the VI - I centuries BC. Simferopol, Ukraine.	(en) monogram to right
ND (90 BC - 79 BC)											Anokhin# 1206 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 178/2 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Shonov Bosporos# 371 Igor Valentinovich Shonov; 2019. Монетная чеканка правителей Боспора VI - I вв. до н. э. = Coinage of the rulers of Bosporus in the VI - I centuries BC. Simferopol, Ukraine.	(en) monogram to left and right

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© Bucephalus Numismatic
ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1205, MacDonald# 178/1, Shonov Bosporos# 370 – (en) monogram to right • 30.2 mm • 17.42 g

Bucephalus Numismatic Black Auction 14, lot 181
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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b10300445w
ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1206, MacDonald# 178/2, Shonov Bosporos# 371 – (en) monogram to left and right • 17.14 g (see more)

© bosporan-kingdom.com
ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1206, MacDonald# 178/2, Shonov Bosporos# 371 – (en) monogram to left and right • 27 mm

Coin in the collection of Novorossiysk State Historical Museum-Reserve

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 585 Lot 94	16 Apr 2025	ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1205, MacDonald# 178/1, Shonov Bosporos# 370 – (en) monogram to right	VF	USD 325.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 566 Lot 118	17 Jul 2024	ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1205, MacDonald# 178/1, Shonov Bosporos# 370 – (en) monogram to right	VF	USD 375.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 13 Lot 258	15 Aug 2020	ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1205, MacDonald# 178/1, Shonov Bosporos# 370 – (en) monogram to right	VF	USD 355.21 (CHF 280.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 4 Lot 218	24 Jun 2018	ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1205, MacDonald# 178/1, Shonov Bosporos# 370 – (en) monogram to right	VF	USD 279.10 (CHF 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 94 Lot 306	24 Feb 2022	ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1205, MacDonald# 178/1, Shonov Bosporos# 370 – (en) monogram to right	VF	USD 255.43 (GBP 190.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 24 Lot 83	30 Jan 2016	ND (90 BC - 79 BC) – Anokhin# 1206, MacDonald# 178/2, Shonov Bosporos# 371 – (en) monogram to left and right	VF	USD 349.53 (GBP 260.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics E-Sale 69 Lot 121	16 Apr 2020	Undetermined	F	USD 1277.14 (GBP 950.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the William Stancomb Collection = SNG Stancomb 617 Read more
© Roma Numismatics Limited

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