Bosporan kingdom

Mints

The Bosporan Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus, the present-day Strait of Kerch.

Die Studies

Item	Image	Metal	Weight
Panticapaeum (Asander), gold, staters (44-16 BCE)		Gold	78,096 kg
Panticapaeum? (Pharnaces), gold, staters (55-52 BCE)		Gold	5,591 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Metal	Date
709 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
18618 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Berlin, MK, 18204814)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
18616 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Berlin, MK, 18204815)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
18610 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Berlin, MK, 18204818)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18591 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Berlin, MK, 18204819 )	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18557 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 629)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18555 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 625)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
18550 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Inasta, 14, Dec. 2005, 132)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
18542 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Roma Numismatics, XVIII, Sept. 2019, 393)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18540 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 627)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18521 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Berlin, MK, 18204820)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18447 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916,0601.5)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
18162 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Savoca Numismatic, 113, Sept. 2021, 103)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3763 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE - Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 607)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3180 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 27)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3042 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Auctiones, EA 23, Feb. 2014, 17)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3729 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 261, Aug. 2011, 75)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3086 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40990)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3664 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Gorny & Mosch, 181, Oct. 2009, 1182)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
3536 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York, ANS, 1923 – Russian lot)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3307 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 57)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3716 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Chabacta (aegis/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 58)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3862 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York, ANS 1944.100.40988)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3013 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Minns, pl. VI, n° 24)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3025 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (Ouvaroff coll., 443)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3476 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 10)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3014 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3653 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 90)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3740 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 9)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3628 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic type (Perseus/Pegasus) (Oxford, AM)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3845 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 89)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3040 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (CNG, EA 222, Nov. 2009, 151)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3317 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 9, Jan. 2005, 83)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3825 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3568 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (Dorotheum, 461, Febr. 1992, 505)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3156 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Peus, 368, Apr. 2001, 77)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3627 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 608)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3064 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 56)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3695 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 132, Febr. 2006, 21)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
2979 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Oxford, AM)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3385 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40989)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3631 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pharnaceia (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 55)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
2889 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40991)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3789 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 335)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3585 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (London, BM, 1878-3-1.233)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
2935 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Lindgren coll. n° A66A)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3372 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 8)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3506 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over uncertain type (M&M, 20, Oct. 2006, 29)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
3769 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (CNG, Webshop, April 2017)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3339 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 332)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
3248 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (London, BM)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3582 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Stancomb coll., 606)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3663 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 16)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3784 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (CNG, EA 233, May 2010, 183)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3378 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (M&M, 20, Oct. 2006, 27)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3657 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (M&M, 20, Oct. 2006, 28)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3088 - Panticapaeum (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (MacDonald coll., 59)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3448 - Panticapaeum (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Zograph 1977, pl. 44, 8)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3741 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
30440 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Astarte, EA 9, March 2025, 175)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Metal	Date
18610 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Berlin, MK, 18204818)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18542 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Roma Numismatics, XVIII, Sept. 2019, 393)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18540 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 627)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18521 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Berlin, MK, 18204820)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
3763 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE - Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 607)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3180 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 27)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3042 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Auctiones, EA 23, Feb. 2014, 17)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3729 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 261, Aug. 2011, 75)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3086 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40990)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3664 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Gorny & Mosch, 181, Oct. 2009, 1182)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL

Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus

Type ^ᵖ

Dynasty/Kingdom/Empire

Nomisma ID

http://nomisma.org/id/bosporan_kingdom

Links

Literature

SNG BM Black Sea (41 mentions)
RPC I (36 mentions)
Anokhin 1986 (29 mentions)
HGC 7 (16 mentions)
MacDonald 2005 (14 mentions)
SNG Stancomb (4 mentions)
MacDonald 2009 (4 mentions)
Golenko 1964 (3 mentions)
SNG Brussels Marc Bar (2 mentions)
Callataÿ 2007 (2 mentions)
Kazamanova 1969 (1 mentions)