ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Paphlagonia, Sinope (c.330-300 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 4.99g, 5h. Magistrate Agreos. Head of the nymph Sinope facing left, her hair in a sakkos, and wearing a triple-pendant earring and a necklace. Rev. ΣIN[Ω], sea-eagle left, its wings spread, on a dolphin, magistrate's name AΓ[PEΩ] below wing (SNG BM Black Sea 1481; SNG von Aulock 201; SNG Copenhagen 275). Beautiful iridescent cabinet tone, good extremely fine.
Purchased A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., London, 1970
Estimate: $450