Islands off Caria, Cos
Tetradrachm circa 285-260, AR 15.12 g. Head of young Heracles r., wearing lion’s skin headdress. Rev. K – ΩIO – N Crab; below, KΛEINOΣ and bow in case. All within dotted square. SNG von Aulock 2753. Dewing 2388 (these dies). P. Requier, Les Tetradrachmes Hellénistiques de Cos, SNR 75, 1996, 28b (this coin).
Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, undoubtedly one of the finest specimens
in private hands. A portrait of excellent Hellenistic style perfectly struck on fresh
metal and with a superb iridescent tone. Good extremely fine

Ex Leu 36, 1985, 166 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero, 533 sales.