A Gorgon from Apollonia to celebrate a return to better health!

Greetings!

I've missed you guys. Thankfully after a what's been a very challenging and rough week suffering from pneumonia, I feel well enough and strong enough to rejoin this wonderful community.

I thought a cheerful little coin might be just what I need having come through from such a bad illness, so I picked this one up. You may remember it from auction#23.


BLACK SEA, Apollonia Pontika.
AR drachm, 2.9g, 15mm, 12h; Mid to late 4th Century BC.
Obv.: Facing Gorgoneion with hair of snakes, sticking out tongue, snakes below face.
Rev.: Upwards standing Anchor, letter A to left and crayfish to right.
Reference: SNG Stancomb 135-137.

 

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I've always like these coins. Your coin is in great shape.

APOLLONIA PONTICA
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Gorgoneian facing with snakes for hair and a protruding tongue
REVERSE: An anchor flanked by letter A and a crayfish, which represents the minting city of Apollonia, the major fifth century BC Greek colony on the west coast of the Black Sea, modern Sozopol in Bulgaria
Struck at Apollonia 450-400 BC
3.13g, 14-15mm
BMC IX, Black Sea 150-151

 

Glad you're feeling better! I had pnemonia back in November, and I'm still coughing up stuff... Not fun.

 

I think your Gorgon is a real good looking gal.

 

I just stopped coughing yesterday, but that's after 6 days of taking 2 different types of antibiotics, plus some little yellow pill they gave me for cough control that is so powerful that every time I take it I can't do anything for the next 2 hours as my mind starts to run on a 2 second delay with the rest of my body (or at least that's what it feels like in the daze that thing leaves me in).

 

glad you feel better sallent...and you have a cool new coin. yet anthoer type that is "on my list".

keep popping those little yellow pills!

 

I notice that both 'posters' posted the reverse with opposing 'tops'.
Is there an accepted right way up for the 'Anchor'?

 

It's typically in the orientation of the OP coin because that way the letter "A" is right-side-up.

 

Thank-you, John. (Rather obvious, when put like that.)

 

I should add I also got this one Maximian from Auction #24, namely because I have the Diocletian XXI Antoninianus and wanted the matching one for Maximian.



And now the matching Diocletian

 

Nice coins Sallent, glad you are on the mend.

 

Sounds like you weathered a bad spell there. Nothing like a couple of coins to make you feel better!

 

Glad you're feeling better!

Remember, the first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.

 

Apollonia Pontica, did somebody mention Apollonia Pontica? Been lurking for quite a while, but couldn't help but jump in when this polis was mentioned:
Apollonia Pontica Topalov 38 - Silver Drachm
480/478 – 470 B.C.
Silver Drachm
3.36 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
BMC Mysia p.8, 3, Pl.II, 2

Best of two types here with the anchor struck over an older swastika with dolphins.

 

Glad you came out of the shadows,welcome @Joe LeMay !

 

welcome joe! what an interesting coin!

 

Nice coin JL. And glad to have you posting.

 

A very dramatic overstrike! Nice find. Welcome!

 

Welcome Joe LeMay ... great theread-addition (cool coin)

Oh sorry => welcome back Sallent ... glad to hear that you're back-on-track!!

Ummm, I have a humble example as well (wanna see it? ... again, and again?)