Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 489. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Abdera. Circa 386-375 BC. AR Tetradrachm (11.36 gm). Zenonos, magistrate. Griffin seated left, preparing to spring / Hermes standing right, holding caduceus, left hand outstretched; EPI ZHNWNOS to left, kantharos to right; all within incuse square. May, Abdera 448 (A301/P355); AMNG II -; BMC Thrace -; SNG Copenhagen -; Weber 2378 (same obverse die). Good VF, lightly toned. ($2000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

This coin is much nicer than any of the four specimens cited by May. It also shows that the die includes the full magistrate's name, ZHNWNOS, instead of ZHNWNO as recorded by May.