Ancient Greek Gorgoneion AR Drachma Bracelet
Ancient Greek AR Drachma in 14Kt yellow gold bezel on diamond cut Sterling silver flex hook bangle bracelet. Obverse: Upright anchor; to the right the letter A for Apollonia; to the left, a crayfish. Reverse: Gorgoneion with protruding tongue, surrounded by S-shaped snakes. Apollonia Pontinca (modern day Sozopol) was a Black Sea port and a colony of Miletos which boasted a fine temple of Apollo with a large statue by the sculptor Kalamis. Apollonia Pontica was located in the Gulf of Burgas on the Thracian coast, about 200 miles south of the mouth of the Danube River. It served as an olutlet for the grain and timber of the hebros and Danube valleys. The final Thracian campaign of Phillip of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great), brought about the mention of Apollonia since they feared losing their monopoly of the Black Sea trade. The anchor and crayfish design on the reverse attest to the city's reliance on maritimecommerse for its economy, and the anchor depicted on these coins is