390 BC - 320 BC

Byzantium Thracia
Βυζάντιον   Θράκη

Tetradrachm / Τετράδραχμον AR 26

SHH 1587

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference

13.18 g   25.8-26.8 mm   12:00 o'clock   VF Veilled head of Demeter write wreathed with corn-ears. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding trident in left and aphlaston in right hand; monogramms to left end right; ΕΠΙ ΑΘΑΝΑΙΩΝ[ΟΣ] in exergue. Ex Prof. Dr. Hagen Tronnier Collection, Künker 94th auction, item 546, 27.9 2004. BM 1 Black Sea 59/61 variant (magistrate's name; ca. 240-220 BC); BMC Thrace 26/27 variant (magistrrte's name; after Alexander the Great); Copenhagen II 486 variant (magistrate's name; ca. 240-220 BC); Delepierre ---; Dewing 1287 variant (magistrate's name; ca. 250-219 BC); Evelpidis I ---; Sear Greek 1587 variant (magistrate's name; ca. 250-200 BC); Schönert-Geiss 1002.1 (mid 3rd c. BC - 219 BC); Stancomb ---; Tübingen II ---