Extremely Rare Magistrate Inscribed Drachm

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 272. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Mid-late 4th century BC. AR Drachm (2.72 g, 6h). Reduced standard. Kleinio(s), magistrate. Facing gorgoneion; spiral ornament below / Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking, KΛEI-NIO above. SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité IV 1631-4 var. (magistrate). VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare.