Bosporus, Gorgippia
ca 90-70 BCE
Æ Tetrachalchon, 7.70g 20.12mm
Obv. Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath
Rx. ΓOPΓIΠΠEΩN, Thyrsos leaning on tripod; monogram to right
MacDonald-179/2
Ex coll. of Prof. David MacDonald, 2025
Gorgippia, now Anapa, Russia, was the capital of the Sindi people. Settled in the 6th century BCE by Sindi Greeks, it was named after a king of the Bosporus. It later flourished in the 2nd and 3rd centuries BCE as part of the Bosporan kingdom. Some of its ruins survive.