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The Ancient Coinage of Getarum

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Including additional items for this online edition, with numbers in italics.
Reges Getarvm - Kings of Skythia
(about III-I century B.C.)

SARIA

5806 Unbearded, diademed head of young man, right. Rev. : BASIL SARIA. Torch? (or club) and ear standing. 16 mm. Plate XXXVIII 14.
Scythian Kings, Sariakos. Circa third-second centuries BC. AE 17 mm. Laureate head of Apollo right / BASILEWS SARIAKOS, grain ear and club.
5807 Veiled woman's head with wreath of ears? Rev. : BASIL SARIA. Two standing corn ears. 18 mm. Plate XXXVIII 15.
Kings of Scythia, Sarias AE18. Veiled woman's head wreathed in corn ears / BASIL SAPIA, two standing corn ears.
5807AHead of Herakles wearing lionskin / bowcase and grain ear.
DYNASTS of THRACE. Sariakos. Circa third-second centuries BC. Æ 24mm (7.90 gm). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Bow, quiver, and grain ear. BMC Thrace -; SNG BM Black Sea -; Copenhagen -; Mionnet -.
5808 Unbearded head of old man. Rev. : BASIL SARII. Quiver. 18 mm.
5808AHead of Zeus/eagle standing on thunderbolt.
Kingdom of Scythia, Sariakos, ca 250 BC, Æ25. Laureate and bearded male head right / BASILEWS SAPIA, eagle standing right on thunderbolt.

ACROSANDER (about 100 B.C.)

Bronze.
5809 Heads of Demeter and Persephone veiled and coupled one beside the other, right. Rev. : BASIL AKROSANDR. Two wheat ears with the stems and leaves. 24 mm. Plate XXXIX 5.
Akrosa, c 200-180 B.C. AE 22 mm. Jugate heads of Demeter & Persephone right / Two ears of corn.
5810 Dioscuri's heads with hats, coupled one beside the other, right. Rev. : AKROSANDPOU. Two horse's busts right. 22 mm. Plate XXXIX 7.
Kingdom of Scythia, Akrosa AE26. 200-180 BC. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right in pilei / BASILEUS AKROSA AND[], horses' heads right.
5811 Heads of the Dioscuri right. Rev. : BASILE AKROSANDRI. Two horses' busts right. 25 mm.
Scythia, Kings of, Akrosasander. Circa 180-150 BC. Æ 24mm. Jugate heads of the Dioskouroi, in wreathed caps / BASILEOS AKROSA ANDRE (Akrosaandreos?), jugate horseheads. SNG Stancomb 317.
5812 Zeus' laureate head right. Rev. : BASIL AKRO. Cornucopiae. 18 mm. Plate XXXIX 6. (There is no knowing if this coin is from Alexander).
Kingdom of Scythia, Akros, c. 100 BC, Æ16. Laureate bearded male head right. / BASILE AKPOSP Cornucopia, AN below.

ADRASPVS

5813 Dioskur's laureate heads right. Rev. : BASILEOS ADRASPOU. Eagle standing on thunderbolt right. Below ME. 22 mm. Plate XXXVIII 21.
Kings of Scythia, Adraspus AE25mm. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right, wearing laureate, conical helms / BASILEWS ADRASPOU, eagle standing on thunderbolt right, ME monogram below.

CANITES

5814 Demeter's and Persephone's veiled heads right. Rev. : BASILEWS KANITOU. Two wheat ears with the stems and leafs standing between the legend. 22 mm. Plate XXXIX 9.
5814AHead of Demeter/torch and grain ear.
Kings of Scythia, Kanites. ca 180-150 BC. Æ 23mm. Veiled & wreathed head of Demeter right / BASILEWS KANITOU, POLU below, torch & stalk of grain.
5815 Zeus' laureate head right and kontramarka on woman's head. Rev. : BASILEWS KANITOU. Eagle with wings furled, standing on thunderbolt right. Below – tracks from monogram. 22 mm. Plate XXXIX 10.
Kings of Scythia, Canites AE25. Laureate head of Jupiter right / BASILEWS KANITOU, eagle standing on thunderbolt.
5816 Demeter's and Persephones' veiled heads right. Rev: BASILE KANI APIS. Two torches standing between the legend and within – ear. 22 mm. Plate XXXIX 8.
5816AHead of Hermes/caduceus and palm.
KINGS of SCYTHIA. Kanites. c100 BC. Æ 18mm. Head of Hermes right in petasos / BASI KANI, APH(?) in ex, caduceus & palm.

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