Bosporan Kingdom. Queen Dynamis. AE 3 Ounces. 21 BC - 12 AD.

Waga 7.85 gram

3 uncji.You are buying the exact item pictured.

According to Frolova N.A., Dynamis had neither a second nor a third period of sole rule over the Bosporus. The article "On the time of Dynamis' reign. §1. Once again on the reign of Dynamis, Queen of the Bosporus (21/20-17/16 BC)" was published in the book "ANTIQUE GOLD COINS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM (from antiquity to Byzantium)".

The prosperity of the Bosporan Kingdom was based on the export of wheat, fish  and slaves. The profit of the trade supported a  class whose conspicuous wealth is still visible from newly discovered  archaeological finds, excavated, often illegally, from numerous burial barrows  known as kurgans. The once-thriving cities of the  Bosporus left extensive architectural and sculptural remains, while the kurgans  continue to yield spectacular Greco-Sarmatian objects, the best examples of  which are now preserved in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. These include gold work, vases  imported from Athens, coarse terracottas, textile fragments  and specimens of carpentry andmarquetry.

<p class="p3"> <p class="p1">Early Greek colonies<p class="p1">Panticapaeum and other ancient Greek colonies along the north coast  of the Black Sea<p class="p1">The whole area was dotted with Greek cities: in the west,Panticapaeum (Kerch)—the  most significant city in the region,Nymphaeum and Myrmekion; on the east Phanagoria (the second city of the region), Kepoi, Germonassa, Portus Sindicus and Gorgippia.