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Panticapaeum: Ancient Greek Coins of the Black Sea’s Northern Coast
This is the last article in a series on the Greek colonies on the northern coast of the Black Sea ( Olbia; the second was on As mentioned previously, most of the colonies in the area that is now southern Ukraine and Russia were settled during the seventh through fifth centuries BCE. The soil in this region was very rich, referred to as the “Black Land”, and cities’ economies were based on fishing, agriculture, viticulture, slaves, and manufacturing. The area’s products were not only traded with the Greek cities of ....