Paphlagonia, Sinope AR Drachm. Persian satrap Abdssn, circa 360-330 BC. Head of nymph Sinope left, wearing triple-pendant earring, necklace and sakkos; aphlaston before / Aramaic legend 'BDSSN below eagle standing to left on dolphin. SNG Stancomb 760 (this coin); Recueil général I, 28; SNG BM Black Sea 1356-8; HGC 7, 433. 5.78g, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Two test-cuts. 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 David Miller, 1977.