ISLANDS off CARIA, Kos. Circa 280-250 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.16 g, 12h). Leodamas, magistrate. Near EF.

CNG Feature Auction 126
Lot: 276.
Closing Date: May 29 2024 11:00 ET

Greek, 12h, Silver

Estimate: $ 5 000

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ISLANDS off CARIA, Kos. Circa 280-250 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.16 g, 12h). Leodamas, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Crab; KΩION above; below, ΛEOΔAMAΣ above bow-in-bowcase; all within dotted square. Requier Group III, 40 (D8/R34); Stefanaki Series VII, Issue 17, 821–2 (same dies); HGC 6, 1308; SNG Copenhagen 627; SNG Delepierre 2729. Lightly toned. Near EF. Well centered on a broad flan. Struck from artistic dies.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLV.2 (Summer 2020), no. 531921; Triton XXIII (14 January 2020), lot 437.


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