Celtic and Ancient Coins

Black Sea Region, Apollonia Pontica, Proto-Money, Æ cast arrowhead, 6th century BC, leaf-shaped, 5.85g (cf. SNG BMC 218; SNG Sancom 24-7). Extremely fine, dark green patina £60-80

The first equivalent of money in the Northern Black Sea area were arrow-heads with blunt and rounded ends, configurations which excluded them from the using as weapons