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Tetradrachm - Kleokrates
| Issuer | Apollonia Pontika |
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| Year | 375 BC - 325 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in fine Classical style with naturalistic modeling of the facial features. The hair is elaborately arranged in wavy locks drawn back and bound with a laurel wreath, with loose curls falling at the nape of the neck. The portrait exhibits the refined artistic sensibility characteristic of late 4th-century BC Greek coinage from the Black Sea region. The field is smooth and unlettered, with the bust occupying the full flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΚΛΕΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ Α |
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Apollonia Pontika, founded as a Milesian colony on the western Black Sea coast in the seventh century BC, controlled lucrative trade routes connecting the Greek world to Thracian and Scythian markets. The magistrate name Kleokrates appears on a limited subset of this city's tetradrachm output, placing this piece within a specific administrative episode rather than the broader civic series. The SNG BM Black Sea 165 variant designation signals a die or control mark divergence from the plate coin — worth cross-referencing against the Berry specimen, which preserves slightly different secondary symbols.