Moesia, Kallatis – AR Drachm

WG 11049

MOESIA. KALLATIS. Ar Drachm. 3rd century B.C. Head of young Hercules right wearing lion skin. ® Corn-ear, club and bow case. 4.6 g. 17 mm.

A pleasing silver drachm struck at the important Greek Black Sea city of Callatis. The obverse portrays the hero Heracles wearing the skin of the Nemean Lion, while the reverse combines his traditional attributes with a corn-ear symbolising the agricultural wealth upon which the city's prosperity depended. Well centred with a bold portrait and attractive silver tone. Some porosity and pitting, particularly on the reverse, otherwise a good example of this popular Hellenistic issue.

£110.00