★ An extremely rare drachm with a beautiful lion's head ★

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 390-380 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 5.15 g, 1 h). Facing head of a lion. Rev. ΠΑΝΤI Head of a ram to left; below, sturgeon to left; all within shallow round incuse. Frolova Type XVII. HGC 7, 60 var. (star below ram's head). MacDonald 28/1 var. (star below ram's head). SNG BM Black Sea -. SNG Stancomb -. Extremely rare. An impressive coin, boldly struck in high relief and with a beautiful lion's head. Slightly granular and with a small cut on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.