Kings of Scythia. Charaspes
Circa 190-188 BCE
AE 23.26mm 10.2g
Obverse: Jugate heads of the Dioscouri right
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ XAPAΣΠOY / ME, eagle standing right on thunderbolt.
SNG BM Black Sea 350
Ex Marc Breitsprecher
Little is known about many of the Skythian Kings. The area of Skythia itself went from Romania to Afghanistan, though it’s generally believed these Skythian kings resided in Europe.
Kanites, King of Scythia
ca 100 BCE
AE 19mm 5.35g
Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy /
BAΣIΛEΩΣ KANITOY, thyrsos and grape bunch. ΠΛΡ monogram below.
Draganov 29.
Ex N&N Collection
Kings of Skythia, Skilouros
Olbia, circa 130-114/13 BCE
Æ 2.79g, 15mm, 12h.
Laureate head of Apollo to right
/ [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ Σ]ΚΙΛΟΥ[PΟΥ], kithara; OΛ below
Frolova, Skilura -; SNG SHM Moskau -; Anokhin (2011), 578 = CNG, Triton XVI, 105; HGC 3.2, 2045
Ex collection of GK
Kings of Skythia, Sariakes
180-167 BCE
AE 11mm 1.09g
Laureate head of Apollo right
Club “SAPIAK” monogram
Draganov 72
Kings of Skythia, Akrosas
Andre–, magistrate
Circa 195-190 BCE
Æ Trichalkon 22mm, 7.18 g, 12h
Jugate wreathed and veiled heads of Demeter and Persephone right /
Two grain ears.
Draganov, Skythian 428 (O11/R30 – this coin); Peykov G3020; HGC 3, 2015
Ex Skillman Collection
Ex William Veres 2002
Ex William Stancomb Collection