Abstract
The author analyses a new type of reverse of the Panticapaean hemiobols dated back to the mid-5th century BC. Due to the diligent work of the curators of the web-site Catalogue-Archive “The Coins of Bosporus” (http://bosporan-kingdom.com) it got possible to find out that some variations of the coin type existed and to investigate the gradual evolution of the earliest version.
Keywords
ancient numismatics, Cimmerian Bosporus, Panticapaeum, coinage, coin type, hemiobols.
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