I have a coin, described as:- THRACE Apollonia Pontica SNG BM Black Sea 190 AE17 mm., 3.9 gm. Obv: Apollo standing facing, head left, holding Patera. Rev: Anchor with (?) in left field and letter 'A' in right field. I was looking to confirm the attribution, but I was not able to find it in any of my reference material. Can anyone confirm the attribution, and/or point me in the direction of where I may find a reference to this coin, please? Thank-you.
Although your coin is beat up, Apollo's left arm may be hanging left. I also see what could be the outline of a bow. If he is holding a bow, then the closest references may be SNG BM Black Sea 190; HGC 3.2, 1345; or variations of. See 2 examples below: Image Source: https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company= Greek Coins THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Ae (2nd century BC). Obv: Apollo standing left, holding tree and bow. Rev: Upright anchor; A to left. SNG BM Black Sea 190; HGC 3.2, 1345. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 2.77 g. Diameter: 13 mm. Image Source: https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company= THRACE. Apollonia Pontika. Ae (3rd-2nd century BC). Obv: Apollo standing left, holding branch and bow. Rev: Anchor; A to left. SNG BM Black Sea 190. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 2.5 g. Diameter: 15.5 mm. -Michael
@iamtiberius I appreciate you showing me coins that have the same 'reference' as mine. (I missed seeing the one on acsearch because I entered 'Apollonica' and not Apollonia -oops.) Thank-you for finding them for me. My doubts over the 'correctness' of the attribution include the 'A' being in the right field on my coin but it appears in the left field on the SNG BM Black Sea 190 on acsearch.
SNG Black Sea is online. http://www.s391106508.websitehome.c..._Reply.php?Series=SNGuk&AccessionNo=0901_0190 To do your own searches, start at http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org This is a variant because of the crayfish and A position. That is normal for this mint. Look at 191 and 192 in SNG Black Sea.
