Apollonia Pontica Topalov 93 - Bronze Octochalk

Beginning of 2nd century B.C.
6.25 gm, 22 mm.
Obv: : Laurate head of Apollo, r, with long hair up in a bun.
Reverse: AΠOΛΛΩNOΣ (vertically right) IATPOY (vertically left). Apollo, standing front, head to left, on a pedestal or on the ground, holding a laurel tree with his right hand and a bow and two arrows with his left. On the tree a small bird is seated right. The image represents the statue of Kalamis erected in the town. The bird may be Apollo’s raven.

Topalov Apollonia p. 508-9, 1-3; p.620, 93, p.804;
HGC 1338 var.;
SNG Bulgaria (Ruse) II, 468-71 (late 3rd-2nd c. BC)

Topalov Type 93. Bronze octochalk (beginning of the 2nd c. B.C.) of the type “Apollo’s head – image of the statue of Apollo standing, full-face” p. 508-509, 1-3; p. 620 No. 93; p.804
Obverse: Apollo’s head with long hair out up in a bun right, no laurel wreath, ribbon with ornaments. Laurate Apollo right. The rich hair in a tress above the face and tied in a bun on the back of the neck. Locks falling over the ears and the neck.
Reverse: AΠOΛΛΩNOΣ (vertically right) IATPOY (vertically left). The statue of the full-face naked Apollo, holding a laurel tree and a bow and two arrows. There are no magistrates’ names. The image represents the statue of Kalamis erected in the town. AΠOΛΛΩNOΣ (vertically right) IATPOY (vertically left). The statue of the naked Apollo, full-face, standing on a pedestal or on the ground, holding a laurel tree in his right hand and a bow with arrows in his left hand. There are no magistrates’ names on the coins of this type known to us.