Gold Diobol - Leukon I / Spartocus II Panticapaeum

Features

Issuer	Bosporan Kingdom
Król	Leukon I (Λευκὼν) (389 BC - 349 BC) Spartocus II (349 BC - 344 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	380 BC - 349 BC
Value	⅙ Gold Stater (10⁄3)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Złoto
Weight	1.51 g
Diameter	12 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 484865
References	Anokhin# 1003 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 32 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. , SNG BM Black Sea# 856 Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1: The Black Sea. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Anokhin Bosporos# 92 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 1986. Монетное дело Боспора = Coinage of Bosporos. Наукова думка, Kyiv, Ukraine. , Shonov Bosporos# 159 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. , BMC Greek# 4 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Head of youthful satyr to left.

Reverse

(en) Forepart of griffin to left; grain ear below, Π-Α-Ν around.

Script: grecki

Lettering: Π Α Ν

Mint

Panticapaeum, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Kerch, Ukraine

Comments

(en)

Dating 380 - 370 BC according to MacDonald (2005); 370 - 360 BC according to Anokhin (2011); 349 BC according to Shonov (2019).

Ruler either Spartocus II (according to Shonov) or Leukon I (according to Anokhin).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (380 BC - 349 BC)

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Picture 1 of the example of Gold Diobol - Leukon I / Spartocus II (Panticapaeum)

SNG BM Black Sea 856; BMC Greek (Tauric Chersonese) p. 4, 4

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXIII Lot 208	24 Mar 2022	VF (NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 12 771.39 (GBP 9500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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