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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2447229, member: 56859"]I'm with others about Apollonia Pontika... it's difficult for me to tell fact from fiction. I hope your new coin is authentic, Mikey.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one of the gorgon drachms and will always have some doubt about it... primarily because of the huge number of fakes rather than anything concrete. I bought it by accident. Hazard of Skyping with my mom while bidding in a Pecunem auction <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_42cc3fec7d634023898dbbb4cc400343.jpg_srz_p_688_335_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz&hash=c6152b0d20800caf6aed7adc6865666b" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Apollonia Pontika</b></p><p><b>Mid-late 4th century BC</b></p><p>AR drachm, 10 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv: Facing gorgoneion</p><p>Rev: Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right</p><p>Ref: Topalov, Apollonia p. 348, 11[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2447229, member: 56859"]I'm with others about Apollonia Pontika... it's difficult for me to tell fact from fiction. I hope your new coin is authentic, Mikey. I have one of the gorgon drachms and will always have some doubt about it... primarily because of the huge number of fakes rather than anything concrete. I bought it by accident. Hazard of Skyping with my mom while bidding in a Pecunem auction :eek: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_42cc3fec7d634023898dbbb4cc400343.jpg_srz_p_688_335_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz&hash=c6152b0d20800caf6aed7adc6865666b[/IMG] [B]THRACE, Apollonia Pontika Mid-late 4th century BC[/B] AR drachm, 10 mm, 3.2 gm Obv: Facing gorgoneion Rev: Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right Ref: Topalov, Apollonia p. 348, 11[/QUOTE]
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