Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Tetrobol. Magistrate Zopyro, circa 410-350 BC. Attic standard. Gorgoneion, tongue protruding, serpents forming curls framing head / ΖΩΠ-ΥΡΟ above inverted anchor between A and crayfish, all within incuse circle. SNG Stancomb 35 (this coin) = Corpus Nummorum 6299 (this coin); Imhoof-Blumer MG p.235, 34; Topalov II, 47; SNG Bulgaria, Numismatic Museum Ruse Collection 298; HGC 3, 1324. 2.84g, 14mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Very 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);
Acquired from William Veres, April 1992.
Price realized | 240 GBP |
Starting price | 160 GBP |
Estimate | 200 GBP |