Watch List notes:

THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Mid 4th century BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.89 g, 5h). Kleinias, magistrate. Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking, [K]ΛEINIAΣ to left; all within shallow incuse square. Topalov, Apollonia 50 and pp. 376, 15 (same dies as illustration [= Hermitage inv. 4525]); SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Copenhagen 455 var. (obv. type right); Lanz 156, 80 (same dies); NAC 66, lot 38 (same dies). EF, toned, minor doubling on reverse. Extremely rare, the fourth known of this variety with obverse head left.


The portrayal of Apollo on this issue is among the finest style for these late classical tetradrachms from Apollonia.