A HOARD OF GOLD BOSPORAN STATERS OF THE 2ND AND 3RD CENTURIES AD FROM THE VILLAGE OF KAZANSKAYA

A HOARD OF GOLD BOSPORAN STATERS OF THE 2 ND AND 3 RD CENTURIES AD FROM THE VILLAGE OF KAZANSKAYA * M.G. ABRAMZON, N.A. FROLOVA and Y.V. GORLOV In 1972 a hoard of Bosporan staters from the reigns of King Sauromates II (174-210/211 AD) and Rhescuporis III (211-226 AD) was found in the village of Kazanskaya near the town of Kropotkin in the Krasnodar Territory. The hoard was later brought to the Krasnodar Museum for safekeeping (KM 1021-1034). 1 Since the report on the Ž nd made by N.V. AnŽ mov, 2 a member of the museum staff, this hoard