On the question of the denominations of the bosporan coins with a bust of Poseidon on the obverse and with a battleship to the left on the reverse
Journal: Scientific Bulletin of the Izmail State University of Humanities Section «Historical sciences»
Year: 2021

Our attention was attracted by the Bosporan bronze obols with a bust of Poseidon with a trident in his right hand on the obverse and with the image of a warship sailing to the left, on which a long and wide naked sword is superimposed with a point back on the reverse. On the reverse side of these coins there are one or two eight-pointed stars. There are also known specimens without stars. These bronzes have been studied for more than a century. However, no reasons have been identified that promp