Watch List notes:

PAPHLAGONIA. Sinope. Circa 330-300 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 4.93 g, 6 h), Persic standard, Diou..., magistrate. Head of the nymph Sinope to left, her hair bound in a sakkos, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace. Rev. ΣΙΝΩ Sea-eagle with spread wings standing on a dolphin to left; to right above, ΔΙΟ[Υ]. HGC 7, 399. SNG BM Black Sea 1484. SNG Stancomb 772. SNG Copenhagen 284. Beautifully toned. Minor mark on cheek, otherwise, about extremely fine.


Ex Sincona 17, 21 May 2014, 48 and previously privately acquired in Basel in 1975.