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Tetradrachm - Kleokrates
| Issuer | Apollonia Pontika |
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| Year | 375 BC - 325 BC |
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| Weight | 17.09 g |
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| Reverse description | Large incuse anchor depicted facing, with a crayfish (astacus) to the right in the lower field and the letter Alpha (Α) to the left beneath the anchor shank, all set within a deeply recessed incuse square. The anchor, a civic emblem of Apollonia Pontika referencing its maritime identity, is rendered in bold relief with prominent flukes and a crossbar near the top. The magistrate's name ΚΛΕΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ is inscribed vertically along the left border of the incuse square in Greek characters. The composition is characteristic of the heavy silver coinage produced by Apollonia Pontika during the 4th century BC. |
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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.