★ An attractively toned didrachm from Kos ★

ISLANDS OFF CARIA, Kos. Circa 345-340/30 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 21 mm, 6.78 g, 1 h), Biton, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. BITΩΝ / KΩION Veiled head of Demeter to left. BMC 23-4. HGC 6, 1306. Pixodarus p. 235, 29 (A3/P18). A well centered and very attractively toned piece. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with minor spots of corrosion on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of R. Wightman, formed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, ex Gorny & Mosch 138, 7 March 2005, 125.