346, Lot: 695. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Northern & Central Greece. Lot of three (3) Æ from Macedon to Akarnania. n/a. MACEDON, Apollonia. 4th century BC. Æ 17mm. Wreathed head of Persephone left / Hydra left. Robinson & Clement, Excavations at Olynthus. Part IV. The Coins Found at Olynthus in 1931 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1933), p. 83, 734-6 (attributed to Lamia in Thessaly) // KINGS of MACEDON, Philip II. 359-336 BC. Æ 17mm. Diademed head of Apollo right / Youth on horseback right; Σ below. SNG ANS -; SNG Alpha Bank - // AKARNANIA, Anaktorion. 3rd century BC. Æ 18mm. Diademed and wreathed head of Apollo facing / Horseman riding right. Cf. BCD Akarnania 120. Average Fair. The first coin extremely rare.

The rare bronze issue of Apollonia was traditionally attributed to Lamia in Thessaly due to the Hydra reverse type, which is found on the early silver of that city (see Georgiou, Mint, 1-3). None of the published examples have a clear ethnic. However, two examples in a private collection have enough of the ethnic visible to confirm that the issuing city is called Apollonia. As all of the examples with a known find spot have been found in Macedon, it is nearly certain that they were issued by one of the three Apollonias of Macedon. As yet, however, there is too little evidence to ascribe these coins to one of the cities in particular.