Extremely Rare Apollonia Pontika Tetradrachm

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 113. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $6250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Late 5th-4th century BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94 g, 5h). Kleokrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking, [K]LEOKRATHS to left. SNG BM Black Sea 165 var. (magistrate); SNG Copenhagen -; Traité IV 1622 var. (head right). Near EF, lightly toned, minor porosity, a few minor marks. Struck from dies of fine style. Extremely rare.