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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Pantikapaion. Circa 390-380 BC. Diobol (Silver, 12.5 mm, 1.23 g, 5 h). Lion's scalp facing. Rev. ΠΑΝΤI Ram's head to right; all within a shallow incuse square. Frolova Type XV. HGC 7, 69. MacDonald 25/1. SNG BM Black Sea -. SNG Stancomb 531. Well-centered and of excellent style. With a dark patina as found. About extremely fine.

Theophilus, with Constantine and Michael II, 829-842. Solidus (Gold, 20.5 mm, 4.43 g, 6 h), Constantinople, Circa 831-842. +MIXAHL S CONSTANTIN' Crowned facing bust of Michael, bearded, on left, and Constantine, beardless and much smaller, on right, each wearing chlamys; above, cross; between them, pellet. Rev. ✱ΘΕΟFI-LOS bASIL E Θ Crowned facing bust of Theophilus, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross in right hand and akakia in left. DOC 3d. SB 1653. Füeg 3.H.2.y. Minor flatness, marks, otherwise, good very fine.