Description
Circa 410-350 BC. AR drachm, 6.12 gr., 18 mm.
Obv.: head of the nymph Sinope to the left, her hair in a sakkos; behind: NI.
Rev.: ΣINΩ; sea eagle with spread wings flying to the left, holding dolphin in claws; above eagle to the right/below wing: ΔH
Ref.: Dewing 2130 var.; BMC Black Sea 1392/1393.
Very rare. Of unusually fine style and attractively toned. Extremely Fine.
Ex Glendining (London, July 7, 1971), lot 107. From the collection of Jacqueline Morineau Humphris. One of the finest style obverse die of Sinope’s fourth century drachms.
