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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2359648, member: 56859&quot;]I think I&#039;ve done your homework for you...</p><p><br /></p><p>Using the full-text book I linked two posts above, here&#039;s a screen shot of the relevant page.&nbsp; Note that the CNG coin I used is coin #47 on p. 237.&nbsp; I <i>think</i> your coin is #48.&nbsp; Yours weighs a little more but it looks like a strong possibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481157[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Using Google Translate + some additional interpretation, #48 is an AE, 15 mm, 2.95 gm, and the description is:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Apollo (?) standing facing, naked, head turned left, holding long branch in right hand.&nbsp; Reverse:&nbsp; Anchor; at left, A; (not sure how to translate the rest of the reverse but it seems to describe elements found in the reverse fields)</span></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a footnote about coin #48:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481158[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Translation, from Google Translate:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Other bronzes probably date from the time of Alexander&#039;s successors, and No. 48, the only one that shows a beaded circle appears to have been struck shortly before the destruction of Astakos (280 BC.) It represents the last coinage of the city, and thus contributes to confirm our current allocation to the type of anchor.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>There are introductory paragraphs a few pages before this section. I did not try to translate that since typing the French words into Google Translate is a PITA.</p><p><br /></p><p>So... I&#039;d tentatively attribute your coin as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THRACE, Apollonia Pontika</b></p><p><b>early 3rd century BCE</b></p><p>Æ 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Apollo (?) standing facing, naked, head turned left, holding long branch in right hand</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Anchor; at left, A [and more]</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Imhoof-Blumer, <i>MG</i> pg. 237, 48</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe [USER=9204]@Ardatirion[/USER]&nbsp; will chime in and tell me if I&#039;m on the right track.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] can add accuracy to the translations.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m confused by Imhoof-Blumer&#039;s listing of these coins as being from Astakos.&nbsp; Maybe that&#039;s another name for Apollonia Pontika?&nbsp; If not, perhaps later scholarship reassigned all of these coins to Apollonia Pontika.&nbsp; I&#039;d research it further but that&#039;s as much time and energy as I can devote to this today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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