Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 88. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Ainos. Circa 357-342/1 BC. AR Drachm (3.44 g, 12h). Head of Hermes facing slightly right, wearing petasos / Cult statue of Hermes Perpheraios on throne; kantharos to left, AINION to right. May,
Ainos 436-40 var. (unlisted dies); AMNG II 367; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 23; Pozzi 1040; Hunterian 5; Berlin 54. EF, darkly toned, slight roughness on reverse. Exceptionally high relief for issue, among the finest.
From the J. Olphin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 243.