PAPHLAGONIA, Sinope. Circa 425-410 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 5.82 g). Head of sea-eagle left; below, dolphin left / Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled, one of the others bisected by thin line. RG 14; HGC 7, 388 var. (pellet in quarters); SNG BM Black Sea 1367 = Weber 4808 (same rev. die). Deeply toned, remnants of find patina, faint cleaning marks under tone. VF.
Ex Phillips Family Collection, purchased from Spink, 23 February 1942; Cahn 84 (29 November 1933), lot 337; Cahn 71 (14 October 1931), lot 402; William Harrison Woodward Collection (not in Robinson catalog).
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