Pantikapaion, Thrace AE17 400-300 BCE 

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Pantikapaion, Thrace AE17 400-300 BCE
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6798989
Area
Coins
Title
Pantikapaion, Thrace AE17 400-300 BCE
Country
Thrace
Face value
AE 17
Year
-350
Variety / overstrike
Era
Ancient Greece before 146 B.C.
Head of State
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Theme
Fauna (Animals), Pegasus
Material
Bronze
Weight
2.8
Diameter
17
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Round
Obverse
P A N
Reverse
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Anokhin 112; Stahnspavskov 772
Details
Obv: forepart of Pegasus, right; with curled wings & P (left), A (above), & N (right) Rev: head of satyr Pan, right Panticapaeum, Pantikapeion, Panticapaeon or Pantikapaion, in Tauric Chersonese (modern Kertch, Ukraine), named for satyr god Pan In Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds, flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is also recognized as the god of fields, groves, and wooded glens; because of this, Pan is connected to fertility and the season of spring. The word "panic" is also atributed to him.