© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2019 | doi:10.1163/15700577-12341353 Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia 25 (2019) 308-356 brill.com/acss A Hoard of 3rd-4th Centuries AD Bosporan Staters from Phanagoria (2011) Mikhail G. Abramzon* Department of Classical Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Research Institute for Historical Anthropology and Philology Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russia abramzon-m@mail.ru Vladimir D. Kuznetsov** Department of Classical Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Museum-Preserve “Phanagoria”, Sennaya, Russia phanagor@mail.ru Abstract The paper is a preliminary publication of a large hoard of Bosporan staters found in Phanagoria’s Eastern necropolis in 2011. It contains 3695 coins struck in the 3rd-4th centuries AD under Ininthimaios, Rhescuporis V, Pharsanzes, Sauromates IV, Teiranes and Thothorses, as well as barbarian imitations of latter staters. The Phanagorian hoard is evidence on the historical background of the epoch and sheds new light on the economy, currency and many technical aspects of the coin production in the Late Bosporos. The recent survey of coins from the hoard by X-ray spectroscopy and the neutron tomography first revealed staters of Sauromates IV, Teiranes and Thothorses with the silver content and surface-silvered coating. The treasure was deposited in AD 307/308, due to political instability in the region caused by the increased barbarian pressure on the borders of the Roman Empire and the ancient states in the Black Sea Region. * Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19, Dm. Uliyanov str., 117036, Moscow, Russia; Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, 38, pr. Lenina, 455000, Magnitogorsk, Russia. ** Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19, Dm. Uliyanov str., 117036, Moscow, Russia.