The Coinage of the Scythian Kings in the West Pontic Area | ArHiCuP

Resource Name The Coinage of the Scythian Kings in the West Pontic Area
Author Dimitar Draganov
ISBN 978-954-9460-05-6
Material type Text
Subject history, numismatics, Scythian kings; Dobrudja, Bulgaria, Romania (Europe)
Publisher Bobohov Bros. Foundation, Sofia

Year 2015
Format 30 cm; 309 p., 74 plates, color ill. and maps.
Format Color printing
Language English
Annotation This book is the most concise analysis of the coin discoveries of the Scythian kings to date. The author created a database of over 1000 coins, and in the analysis he combined the data obtained with ancient and archaeological sources. It is aimed at researchers, students and the general public.

Introduction – References – The Scythians in the west Pontic area (A brief historical introduction) – First Scytian kingdom in Dobrudja. The coinage of Ateas – Scythian horseman (Ateas) on a coin issue of Dionysopolis – Second Scythian kingdom in Dobrudja. The coinage of Tanousas, Kanites, Akrosas, Charaspes, Aelis and Sariakes – Modern forgeries – Catalogue – Addendum - Indexes.

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