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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Bosporan Kingdom| > GB41251
Kingdom of Bosporos, Mithradates III, c. 39 - 45 A.D.
|Bosporan| |Kingdom|, |Kingdom| |of| |Bosporos,| |Mithradates| |III,| |c.| |39| |-| |45| |A.D.|, The Bosporan Kingdom (or Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus) was in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus, the present-day Strait of Kerch (it was not named after the Bosphorus beside Istanbul). The mixed population adopted Greek language and civilization. The prosperity of the kingdom was based on the export of wheat, fish and slaves. The kingdom's golden age was 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. At the end of the 2nd century A.D., King Sauromates II inflicted a critical defeat on the Scythians and expanded his state to include the entire Crimea. It was the longest surviving Roman client kingdom, lasting until it was overrun by the Huns c. 375 A.D.
GB41251. Bronze 12 nummi, MacDonald Bosporus 313, RPC I 1910, SNG Cop 28, McClean 7392, VF, glossy green patina, weight 7.941g, maximum diameter 23.7mm, die axis 0o, obverse BACIΛEΩC MIΘPAΔATOY, diademed head right; reverse from left to right: bow in case, lion-skin on club, trident; IB (mark of value) below; SOLD










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