Kimmerian Bosporos, Gorgippia Æ22. Time of Mithradates VI, circa 90-79 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / Τripod-lebes and thyrsos; ΓΟΡ-ΓΙΠ-ΠΕ-Ω[Ν] across fields, monogram to right. SNG Stancomb 620 (this coin); MacDonald 179/1; HGC 7, 11. 6.89g, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., 1984.
Price realized | 420 GBP |
Starting price | 30 GBP |
Estimate | 50 GBP |