Obol - Paerisades I Panticapaeum

Features

Issuer	Bosporan Kingdom
King	Paerisades I (344 BC - 309 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	340 BC - 330 BC
Value	Obol (⅙)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.84 g
Diameter	10 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 465413
References	Anokhin# 1017 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 2011. Античные монеты Северного Причерноморья = Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region. Stilos, Kyiv, Ukraine. , MacDonald# 46 David J. MacDonald; 2005. An introduction to the history and coinage of the Kingdom of the Bosporus: including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with Apollonia and Myrmecium), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia and the kings of the Cimmerian Bosporus. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , Anokhin Bosporos# 105 Vladlen Opanasovych Anokhin; 1986. Монетное дело Боспора = Coinage of Bosporos. Наукова думка, Kyiv, Ukraine. , HGC 7# 80 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia / Volume 7: Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos): Fifth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Head of a young satyr with animal ears to right, wearing ivy wreath.

Reverse

Forepart of a lion right, head reverted to left, raising his left forepaw; in field to left, branch; all within shallow circular incuse.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ПАNTI

Mint

Panticapaeum, Tauric Chersonesus, modern-day Kerch, Ukraine

Comments

SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (340 BC - 330 BC)						$ 120	$ 1000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG obolos 42 Lot 47	3 May 2026	VF	USD 1004.74 (CHF 800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 19 Lot 871	26 Feb 2022	VF	USD 276.30 (CHF 220.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Leu Numismatik Auction 10 Lot 2106	24 Oct 2021	VF	USD 4018.97 (CHF 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 65 Lot 143	19 Dec 2019	VF	USD 1134.15 (GBP 850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 147 Lot 1211	7 Mar 2006	VF	USD 276.55 (EUR 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Electronic Auction 409 Lot 220	8 Nov 2017	VF	USD 140.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Electronic Auction 370 Lot 105	9 Mar 2016	VF	Unsold
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 66 Lot 285	19 May 2004	VF	USD 350.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 40 Lot 513	14 Mar 2026	F	USD 125.59 (CHF 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	CNG Electronic Auction 298 Lot 34	13 Mar 2013	F	USD 65.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.