Coin of Apollonia Pontica with head of Apollo

Greek
Classical or Hellenistic Period
After 400 B.C.

Mint: Thrace, Apollonia Pontica

Dimensions

Diameter: 11 mm. Weight: 1.23 gm. Die Axis: 3

Accession Number

65.815

Medium or Technique

Bronze

Not On View

Collections

The Ancient World

Classifications

Coins

Obverse:Laureate head of Apollo left.
Reverse: Anchor.
In field, crayfish.
Inscription in Greek in field.

Provenance

By date unknown: in the collection of an English clergyman (now MFA 65.636-65.870); about 1963: collection purchased at auction in London by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; collection purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 9,1965

Credit Line

Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour