Apollonia Pontica Topalov 95 - Bronze Dichalk

Beginning of 2nd century B.C.
2.80 gm, 15 mm.

Obv: Naked Apollo, full-face, standing and holding a laurel tree in his right hand and a bow with arrows in his left hand.
Rev.: Upright anchor with large flukes and a rectangular stock. The letter A to left and the letter Π between fluke and the stock.

Topalov Apollonia p. 510-511, 3-5; p. 620, 95; p.804-5;
SNG BM Black Sea 191; HGC 3.2 1345;
SNG Bulgaria (Ruse) II, 473 var. (late 3rd-2nd c. BC)

Topalov Type 95: Bronze dichalk (beginning of the 2nd c. B.C.) of the type “Standing Apollo – upright anchor”
Obverse: Full-face naked Apollo, standing and holding a laurel tree and two arrows. The image represents the statue of Kalamis erected in the town. Naked Apollo, full-face, standing and holding a laurel tree in his right hand and a bow with arrows in his left hand.
Reverse: Upright anchor with large flukes and a rectangular stock. The letter A left and the letter Γ right between flukes and the stock.