MAIASP. 2020. No. 12 M.M. Choref ( Coins of Panticapaeum and Phanagoria of the 3rd quarter of the 1st century BCE as a source of
historical information DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2021.12.12.004 Access
this article (PDF File) Pages: 710—733 |
The article focuses on the obols, tetrachalkoi and dichalkoi of the Panticapaeum and Phanagoria mints with busts
of Apollo in a laurel wreath, bearded Hercules as well as Nike with
six-pointed star with long rays on the obverse and with images of an arrow,
lyre and palm branch, grazing Pegasus, bow with gorytos
or laurel branch, intertwined with ribbon, club and lion’s skin, as well as
ship’s prora on the reverse. Their generally
accepted classification has not yet been developed, and their potential as a
source of historical information has not been revealed. We solve this problem
based on the results of iconographic analysis. In the first series, we single
out obols with an arrow, lyre and palm branch and tetrachalkoi with a grazing
Pegasus on the reverse, embossed on Asander’s
coins. Judging by the Mithridatidic symbolism, they
were minted in the time of Scribonius. After his
overthrow in Panticapaeum, tetrachalkoi with gorytos and a bow and dichalkoi with club and
lion’s skin on the reverse were issued. We attribute these coins to the second
series of Panticapaeum. In Phanagoria during the period of the uprising, tetrachalkoi with a palm
branch were minted. We select them in the second series of Phanagoria. And
after the victory of the insurgents, they fired tetrachalkoi with a bow and
arrow on the reverse. We attribute them to the third series of Phanagoria.
Judging by the variety of coin symbols, after the death of Scribonius, the |
Key words: history,
numismatics, |
Received December 12, 2020 Accepted for publication
December 30, 2020 |
About the author: Choref
Mikhail Mikhailovich ( E-mail choref@yandex.ru |