Due to a large number of forgeries of the Gorgoneion/anchor types, a number of coins on this page were removed in 2008. Because some are still in circulation, please see: The fakes of the "Black Sea Hoard" In addition, a number of coins previously listed as "unpublished" have now been attributed according to Evgeni Paunov's "The Tetradrachm Coinage Of Apollonia Pontica" | |||
Glumche Hoard_21 22 | Apollonia Pontica, Thrace. AR tetradrachm, ca. 380 BC. 23 mm, 16.96 g. Magistrate Demoychos. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΔHMOYXOΣ to right of anchor, crayfish inwards in left field, A in right field. Glumche Hoard 21-22; Paunov 121-124. | Text | Image |
Hermitage 4525 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Kleinias. 23mm, 16.93 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / KΛEINIAΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Hermitage 4525; Topalov 2007, 15.1; Glumche hoard, 16; Paunov 104-108. | Text | Image |
Jameson 1392 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Mys... 25 mm, 16.65 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / MYΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Jameson 1392; Paunov 17-18; Prowe 473. | Text | Image |
McClean 4431 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Polyanax. 23 mm, 16.95 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΠOΛYANAΞ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. McClean 4431; Paunov 114-116; Bunbury 119; Imhoof MG 32; Winterthur G1159; Philipsen 138; Glumche hoard 19. | Text | Image |
Paunov 27 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 400-350 BC. Magistrate Liches, 21 mm, 16.95 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΛIXHΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 27 (this coin)-29; Topalov 2007, 20.1. | Text | Image |
Paunov 57-60 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Demochos. 23mm, 16.49 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΔHMOXOΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 57-60; Tacchella 4; Moushmov 3142; Gerassimov 68; Topalov 2007, 9.2 and 26.1. | Text | Image |
Paunov 65-66 var | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Hegesidemos. 25mm, 16.35 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / HΓHΣIΔHMOΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Var of Paunov 65-66; Berlin 18242859 (44368); Regling 714 and Topalov 2007, 11 (all with head left). Solidus 8, 32. | Text | Image |
Paunov 70 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Megenor. 23 mm, 17.06 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / MEΓHNΩΡ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 70 (this coin). | Text | Image |
Paunov 74 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Kolotes. 22.5mm, 17.13 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / KΩΛΩTHΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 74 (this coin); Glumche hoard 7; Topalov, Apollonia 50. | Text | Image |
Paunov 76-84 | Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 400-350 BC. Magistrate Kleokrates. Laureate head of Apollo left / KΛEOKΡATHΣ , Upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 76-84; Glumche hoard, 8-11. | Text | Image |
Paunov 98 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Antilochos. 23 mm, 17.06 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ANTIΛOXOΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 98 (this coin). | Text | Image |
Paunov 100 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Tharsinon. 23 mm, 16.89 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΘAΡΣYNΩN, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 100 (this coin). | Text | Image |
Paunov 102 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 400-350 BC. Magistrate Diogenes 25 mm, 17.09 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΔIOΓENHΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 102 (this coin). | Text | Image |
Paunov 109-110 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. Mid 4th century BC. Magistrate Satyros. 24 mm, 17.02 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΣATYΡOΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 109-110. | Text | Image |
Paunov 112 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. Mid 4th century BC. Magistrate Athenaios. 16.94g, 24mm. Laureate head of Apollo left. / AΘHNAIOΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 112; Glumche hoard 17. | Text | Image |
Paunov 117 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. ca 350 BC. Magistrate Polyanax. 23mm, 16.97 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / ΠOΛYANAΞ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 117 (this coin); Winterthur I. 1159; Bunbury 119. | Text | Image |
Paunov 118-120 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. Mid 4th century BC. Magistrate Leoprepes. 24 mm, 17 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ΛEΩΠΡEΠHΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Paunov 118-120; Glumche hoard 20. | Text | Image |
SNG Berry 393 | Apollonia Pontika AR Tetradrachm. Mid 4th century BC. Magistrate Zepyros. 23mm, 17.15 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / ZΩΠYΡOΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right (wide A type). SNG Berry 393; Paunov 85-94; Glumche hoard 12-14. | Text | Image |
Farmakida 2 | Apollonia Pontica, Thrace. AE15, civic issue, 1st century BC. Head of Apollo right, quiver behind neck, two countermarks of eagle standing right. / I-H, lyre. Farmakida 2. | Text | Image |
Imhoof MG 45 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AE19 civic issue. ca 120-90 BC. 3.93 g. Apollo sitting left on omphalos, holding bow. / AKOYΣIΛEΩΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Imhoof Monn. Gr. 45. | Text | Image |
Imhoof MG 47 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. Circa 3rd-2nd Century BC. AE 20mm (5.16 gm). Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow / MYΣ, upright anchor, A and crayfish to left and right. Imhoof-Blumer, MG 47. | Text | Image |
Imhoof RSN XIV, 2b | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AR Diobol 10mm, 1.19 gr, ca 325-300 BC. Laureate head of Apollo facing / AΓ to left of anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Imhoof in RSN XIV, p. 141, 2b. | Text | Image |
Imhoof RSN XIV, 2h | Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, AR diobol, 450-400 BC, 1.30 g. Head of Apollo-like Medusa facing / MH to left of anchor, A in left field, crayfish in right field. Imhoof RSN XIV, p. 141, 2h. | Text | Image |
Moushmov 3146 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AR hemiobol. 5th-4th century BC. 0.354 gr, 6.54 mm. Anchor, A in field / Swastika with two parallel lines in each quadrant. SNG BM 149; Moushmov 3146. | Text | Image |
Paris F10239 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AE18, 4.35 g. AD 138-230. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair in two formal locks, laurel branch before head. / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩN EN ΠONTΩ around and beneath lyre. Paris F10239; Dieudonné 1 in RN 1908. | Text | Image |
Paris K2687 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AE24 civic issue. 2nd century BC. 8.22 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / AΠOΛΛΩNOΣ IATΡOY to right and left of Apollo standing front, looking left, holding laurel tree and bow with two arrows. Paris K2687; Loebbecke 38 in ZfN 15 (1887); Pick, "Thrakische Münzbilder", 29; Tacchella 10 in RN 1898. | Text | Image |
Sear SG 1655 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. Facing head of Medusa or Gorgoneion, hair rolled / Anchor; crayfish to left, A to right. Sear SG 1655. SNG BMC -. | Text | Image |
SNG Berry 391 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AR drachm. ca 450-400 BC. Upturned anchor; crayfish to left; A to right / Gorgoneion. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 148 | Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm, Late 5th-early 4th century BC. Upright anchor; crayfish in left section / Swastika within incuse. BMC Black Sea 148; SNG Copenhagen 451; SNG Stancomb 30. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 149 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. 5th-4th Century. AR Hemiobol. 0.14 gr, 5.39 mm. Anchor, A in field / Cross with two parallel lines in each quadrant. SNG BM 149; Moushmov 3146. | Text Text | Image Image |
SNG BMC 150-152 | Apollonia Pontica, Thrace. AR drachm. ca 420-300 BC. 2.73 g. Facing gorgoneion, mouth open, and with protruding tongue. / Upright anchor, crayfish in right field. (No "A"). SNG BM 150-152; SNG Cop. 453; BMC Mysia 2-3. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 151 var | Apollonia Pontika AR drachm, 15.66 mm, 2.41 g. Late 5th-4th centuries BC. Facing head of gorgoneion with protruding tongue and serpents around head / Anchor with crayfish downwards to left and A to right. Var of BMC Black Sea 151; BMC Mysia 3; Combe 3. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 160 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AR Drachm. ca 450 BC. Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Anchor, A to left, crayfish to right. SNG BMC Black Sea 160. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 169 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AR Diobol. Late 4th Century BC. Head of Apollo facing / Anchor, flukes upward, A on left, crayfish on right. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 173 | Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, AR diobol, 450-400 BC, 1.23 g. Head of Apollo-like Medusa facing / KΩMY to left of anchor, A in left field, crayfish in right field. SNG BM 173; Imhoof RSN XIV, p. 141, 2e. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 175 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. Mid-late 4th century BC. AR Diobol, 11mm, 1.25 g. Head of Apollo facing / Anchor; A to left, crayfish to right, ΣΩ sideways to left. SNG BM Black Sea 175. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 178 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. Mid 4th-3rd centuries BC. AE Dichalkon, 14mm, 2.21 g. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΔIXAΛKIH, Anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. SNG BM Black Sea 178-81. | Text Text | Image Image |
SNG BMC 183 | Apollonia Pontika, AE13 civic issue, ca. 350-300 BC. 0.79 g. Laureate head of Apollo left. / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. SNG BMC 183; Imhoof Monn. Gr. 42; Pellerin Recueil II, LI, 7. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 186 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AE17 civic issue. ca 120-90 BC. 3.34 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. / Upright anchor, Δ-I across fields. SNG BMC 186; Topalov 88. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 187 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AE19 civic issue. ca 120-90 BC. 4 g. Laureate head of Apollo right. Countermark: head of Artemis right. / Upright anchor, IH at lower left, crayfish at lower right, A-A below. SNG BMC 187 (different countermark); SNG Ruse II, 478; Topalov 2007 104. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 189 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AE19 civic issue. ca 255-245 BC. 5.38 g. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow in right hand. Countermark: sun. / NAYKYΔHΣ, upright anchor, A to left, crayfish to right. SNG BMC Black Sea 189; BMC Mysia 17; Hoover HGC 1337; Imhoof Monn. Gr. 46. | Text | Image |
SNG BMC 190 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AE13 civic issue. ca 120-90 BC. 2.77 g. Apollo standing left, holding long laurel branch and bow with two arrows. / Upright anchor, A in left field. SNG BMC 190; Agora 436. | Text | Image |
SNG Stancomb 30 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. Circa 450 BC. AR Drachm (3.57 gm). Anchor; crayfish right / Swastika with dolphins in angles. SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb 30. | Text | Image |
SNG Stancomb 31 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. Late 5th-4th century BC. AR Drachm (12mm, 3.20 g). Anchor, crayfish right / Striated quadripartite incuse. SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb 31. | Text | Image |
FAKE TLA 51889 | FAKE Apollonia Pontika. Modern fakes from the same dies of an AR Diobol from late 4th C. BC. 10.97mm, 1.32 g. Laureate head of Apollo facing / Anchor (right way up, hooks below), A on right, crayfish on left, IT at far right. SNG BMC Black Sea -; Sear -; SNG Cop -; Imhoof -; Tachella -; Traité -. (This reverse usually seen with the head of a Gorgoneion or Apollo right on the obverse.). | Text | Image |
Traite 1619 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AR drachm, ca 450 BC. Anchor, crayfish to right / Swastika with dolphins in angles. Traité IV 1619; SNG Stancomb 30. | Text Text | Image Image |
Traite 1626 | Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AR drachm. 2.79 g. 13.78 mm. ca 450 BC. Head of Gorgoneion facing, tongue protruding, head surrounded by serpents / Anchor, crayfish to left, A to right. Traité 1626; BMC (Mysia) 5. | Text | Image |
Traite 1635 | Apollonia Pontica, AR diobol, 1.27 gr, 11.66 mm. Late 4th Century BC. Head of Apollo facing with spiked hair / Anchor, A on left, crayfish on right. Traité 1635; Pozzi 1145; BMC (Mysia) 15; Sear -. | Text | Image |
Moushmov 3178 | Faustina I, AE26 of Apollonia Pontica, Thrace. ΦAVCTEINA CEBACTH, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩNEN ΠONT around and beneath eagle standing left, wings spread, serpent upright to left and coiled around eagle's leg. Moushmov 3178; Varbanov 810. | Text | Image |
Varbanov 815 | Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Apollonia Pontica. AY KAI ΛOYKIOC AYΡHΛIOC OYHΡOC, Laureate head left / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩN EN ΠONTΩ, Apollo standing left, holding patera and branch. Varbanov 815 (this coin). | Text | Image |
Moushmov 3184 | Septimius Severus AE26 of Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AV K Λ CE CEVHΡOC Π, laureate, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩNEN ΠONTΩ, tetrastyle temple with statue within. Varbanov 823 and 825-830 (depending on the statue). | Text | Image |
Varbanov 820 | Septimius Severus AE19 (Assarion) of Apollonia Pontica. AV K Λ CE CEVHΡOC, laureate bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩNEN ΠONT, Apollo, naked, standing left, holding patera and branch. Varbanov 820. | Text | Image |
Varbanov 825 | Septimius Severus, AE29 of Apollonia Pontica, Thrace. AV K Λ CEVHΡOC Π, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩN EN ΠONTΩ, around and beneath tetrastyle temple with statue of Apollo standing left within, holding patera. Varbanov 825. | Text | Image |
Varbanov 829 | Septimius Severus, AE28, Apollonia Pontica, Thrace. AV K L CEVHROC P, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / AΠOΛΛONIHTEΩN, EN ΠONTΩ, tetrastyle temple with statue of emperor standing left within, in military dress; o in pediment. Varbanov 829, otherwise unpublished. | Text | Image |
Moushmov 3191 | Caracalla AE21 of Apollonia Pontika. M AVΡ ANTΩNEINOC, draped bust right / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩN EN ΠONTΩ, tetrastyle temple, shield in pediment. Varbanov 838. | Text | Image |
Varbanov 836 | Caracalla AE26 of Apollonia Pontika, Thrace. AD 198-217. 7.6 g. M AYΡ ANTΩNINOC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. / AΠOΛΛΩNIHTEΩN EN ΠONTΩ, flaming and garlanded altar, seen at an angle. Varbanov 836; Imhoof GRM 3; Count Churpfalz und Anhalt coll. 275. | Text | Image |
Entry for Thrace, Apollonia Pontika on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
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