AR Drachm 450-400 BC., Apollonia Pontika, Thrace (Black Sea
area) - facing head of Gorgoneion with normal human hair, low
narrow forehead, projecting eyebrows and eyes, open mouth, teeth
and long protruding tongue, snakes around / upright anchor,
A to left and crayfish to right (3.28 grams, 14/13 mm)
Apollonia Pontika mint 450-400 BC., SNG BM Black Sea 159 SNG Copenhagen
456, Extremely fine, toned, estimate $220
The 5-th and 4-th century BC. coinage of Apollonia Pontika
reflects that city"s origins - commercial wealth and
maritime power. The gorgon was a popular apotropaic device,
seen as warding off evil, thus a number of ancient Greek cities
adopted it as a coin design. The anchor and the crayfish attest
to the city"s reliance on maritime commerce for its economy,
and the anchor depicted on these coins is actually one of the first anchors
of modern design rendered in Greek art.
Scarcer transitional type from archaic Ionian to Attic style
Gorgoneion. Attractive!
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