Paphlagonia, Sinope AR Didrachm. Circa 200-120 BC. Turreted head of Tyche left; countermark: radiate head of Helios facing / Poseidon seated to left, holding trident in left hand and dolphin in right; [ΣΙ]-ΝΩ across fields, AR monogram in lower right field; countermark: laureate head of Zeus left, in high relief. SNG Stancomb 789 (this coin); SNG BM Black Sea 1517; Recueil Général p. 192, 47, pl. 25, 33; HGC 7, 409. 8.76g, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., September 1976.