★ Apros of Thrace ★

Thrace. Apros circa 250-210 BC.
Bronze Æ

17 mm., 4,29 g.

Laureate head of Apollo right / AΠΡH to right, oval Celtic shield with central rib, kithara to left.

very fine

Cf. AJN 25 (2013), p. 11 ff / Pl. 2, 1; see also D. Draganov, “Coins of the unknown mint of Apros in Thrace” in Proceedings of the 13th International Numismatic Congress (Madrid, 2005).

The city of Apros is known from antique sources and inscriptions.