Just added this one to my
Apollonia Pontica collection:
Topalov 38 - Silver
Drachm 480/478 – 470 B.C.
Silver
Drachm3.36 gm., 15 mm.
Obv: Anchor; blank to left, crayfish to right
Rev.:
Gorgon head facing in archaic
Ionian style with hair in pellets
Topalov Apollonia p.584, 38
-struck over-
Topalov Apollonia p. 566, 12
540-535/525 B.C.
Obv.: Upright
anchor with thin flukes and a thin stock.
Side view of the additional symbol of a crab (or view from above) right between the fluke and the stock.
Rev.: Swastika with concave sectors with arms bent to the left. A
dolphin as an additional symbol in every one of the sectors. Dolphins’ heads point from the center of the swastika outwards.
A statement of the changing times - bye, bye Persian dependency and hello
Athens and the Delian League (
Maritime Union of Delos 478 BC).
A cool coin struck over an even cooler coin! Please see
gallery for large view.