Try searching Pantikapaion (Panticapaeum). Note Π-A-N around the lion. The city of Pantikapaion was on the Crimean peninsula, at the Cimmerian Bosporus. The Cimmerian Bosporus is the waterway (Kerch Strait) connecting the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea, separating Crimea on the west from Russia on the east. For some reason, a whole lot of Crimean coins have come on the market in the last couple of years. Can't imagine why.
Edited by Kushanshah
03/28/2018 03:16 am