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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2359670, member: 56859&quot;]Thanks for checking, Q <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found some additional information about the coin and the reassignment to Apollonia Pontika.&nbsp; Imhoof-Blumer&#039;s monograph was published in 1883.&nbsp; Barclay Head&#039;s <i>Historia Nvmorvm</i>, published in 1911, also lists Topcat&#039;s coin (p. 277) and on p. 278 mentions the reassignment from Astakos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481161[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At the bottom of page 277 is the description of what may be Topcat&#039;s coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Circ. B. C. 300 and later.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Apollo standing facing, holding long branch and bow / Anchor with A ... AE Size 55 </span></p><p><br /></p><p>[Note that weights in this book are stated in grains; 55 grains = 3.5 gm so that fits nicely.]</p><p><br /></p><p>From page 278:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The above-described coins, hitherto conjecturally attributed to various cities, Abydus, Astacus, or Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, have been at last identified by Tacchella (<i>R. N.</i>, 1898, 210) as the coinage of the Pontic Apollonia (cf. <i>Zeit. f. Num</i>, xv 38).</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Since I&#039;m digging, I&#039;ll also look for the references cited by Head <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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