Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 494-470 BC. Upright anchor, crayfish under right fluke / Swastika in incuse, dolphins between each arm. SNG Stancomb 30 (this coin) = CNT 6288 (this coin) = SNG Ruse, MN II, 64 (this coin); HGC 3.2, 1322. 3.38g, 14mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
This coin published in Corpus Nummorum (www.corpus-nummorum.eu);
This coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Bulgaria, Numismatic Museum Ruse Collection, Thrace & Moesia Inferior, vol. 2: Apollonia Pontica (Sofia, 2017);
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., 1984.
Price realized | 600 GBP |
Starting price | 150 GBP |
Estimate | 250 GBP |