Drachm

Kolophon was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League and, by the fifth century, one of the wealthiest — its cavalry was reputedly so formidable that a single Kolophonian horseman could tip the outcome of any battle, giving rise to the Greek expression "adding the Kolophon" to mean delivering a decisive finishing stroke. The city controlled the sanctuary of Apollo at Klaros nearby, a source of both religious authority and considerable revenue.

The "var." notation against Milne Col#24 suggests a die pairing not fully catalogued in the primary reference, a situation common with this series given the number of obverse dies in use across the forty-year production window.