1 Stater Ancient Greece (1100BC-330) Gold

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Denomination:

1 Stater (about Stater)

Metal:

Gold

State:

Ancient Greece (1100BC-330)

Issue year(s):

340BC - 325BC

The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. BLACK SEA REGION. Pantikapaion (c.340-325 B.C.), Gold Stater, 9.10g,. Head of bearded Pan, with a goat’s ear, facing to left, wearing an ivy-wreath. Rev. Π-A-N , winged griffin, standing to left, with its horned head facing, holding a spear in its jaws, its right forepaw raised, a large stalk of wheat below on which the griffin stands (Anokhin 109; SNG BM Black Sea 867; Kraay – Hirmer pl. 142, 440; Gulbenkian 589). A spectacular type of great beauty, lustrous, extremely fine, one of the most desirable of all ancient Greek gold co ins.

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-08-19
The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. BLACK SEA REGION. Pantikapaion (c.340-325 B.C.), Gold Stater, 9.10g,. Head of bearded Pan, with a goat’s ear, facing to left, wearing an ivy-wreath. Rev. Π-A-N , winged griffin, standing to left, with its horned head facing, holding a spear in its ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-23
THRACE - TAURIC CHERSONESUS, Pantikapaion, (c.320 B.C.), gold stater, (9.13 gm), obv. head of bearded Pan to left, with animal ear, wearing ivy wreath, rev. ...

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