PB Greek sling bullet. Thrace (c. 4th–1st centuries BC)
Sling bullet is with an image of a scorpion on one side and with a name Poliarchos (Πολίαρχος) on the other. The name Poliarchos in the genitive, which is unknown from any other sling bullets published so far as far as is known, as well as by the information of the ancient authors. But he probably was a prominent commander of one of the kings of Hellenism.
Cf. M. Manov – N. Torbov 2016, ‘Inscribed Lead Sling Bullets with the Name of Alexander the Great and with Other Names and Symbols Found in Thrace’, Archaeologia Bulgarica 20, p. 32, nos. 19–21.
Weight: 35.47 g.
Diameter: 33.56 mm.