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Apollonia Pontica (Sozopolis) on the Euxine was another Milesian colony. It possessed a famous temple of Apollo and a colossal statue of the god by Kalamis which Lucullus, when he took the city, carried off to Rome, B.C. 73 (Pick, Jahrb. Arch. Inst.
Apollonia Pontica. Septimius Severus Æ19 (Assarion). AV K L CE CEVHPOC, laureate bust right / APOLLWNIHTEWNEN PONT, naked figure of Dionysus standing left, holding patera & bunch of grapes. Moushmov -.
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Moushmov 3184 ...
Iatros, Apollonia Pontica, 278; Peparethus, 313.
Karinos, Byzantium, 269; Megara, 393.
Karneios, Metapontum, 77; Delphi, 341; Gythium, 434.
THRACE, Apollonia Pontica 450-400 BC. AR Drachm (3.12 gm).
Obv: Head of Gorgon facing, tongue protruding.
Rev: Anchor with crayfish and A in angles.
SNG.Cop.454 BMC 153 ...
Thrace, Apollonia Pontica, 400-350BC, AR Diobol (1.1g). Apollo head facing/Anchor, 'A' and crayfish, magistrate(?) name left (appears to read I sigma omega and ends with either lambda or A), SG1657var. Centered very slightly high obv.
Some time in AD 1999 a large hoard of Apollonia Pontica Gorgon head/Anchor drachms (Sear Greek #1655) appeared on the market. The average grade was VF to gVF, so if genuine were in circulation for at least several years.
Die identification recently played a role in the controversy surrounding the "Black Sea Hoard" of what most of us now accept as modern fake diobols of Mesembria and Apollonia Pontica in Thrace.
 See also: Struck, Coin, Mint, Tetradrachm, Revers
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