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Object Type
Museum number: 1845,0109.10
Denomination: stater
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Asander in diadem, right. (obverse); Winged Nike figure, left, on prow of ship, right; holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left hand. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 47BC-16BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Bosporus (historic - kingdom)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 18 millimetres (maximum); Weight: 8.009 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: SNG BM Black Sea / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IX: The British Museum. Part I: The Black Sea (966); BMC Greek (Pontus) / Catalogue of Greek coins: Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and the Kingdom of Bosporus (2, p.48)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: king/queen; classical deity
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Thomas; Purchased through: Sotheby's
Acquisition date: 1845
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1845,0109.10
C&M catalogue number: GC13 (BMC Greek (Pontus)) (48) (2)

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