Thrace. Ainos. Circa 455/4-453/2 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 15.96 g, 8 h). Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos with a beaded border and a button top, his hair wound around his head in a plait. Rev. ΑΙΝ Goat standing to right; to right, cult statue of Hermes Perpheraios on throne to right, with kerykeion and wreath on the throne. AMNG 260. BMC 3. May 71c (this coin, but with the wrong weight). SNG Fitzwilliam 1652. Winterthur 1148. Toned, and with a noble and serene head of Hermes. Good very fine.
Ex LHS 102 29 April 2008, 108, Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, 240 and Münzen und Medaillen 79, 28 February 1994, 215, and from the collection of F. Imhoof-Blumer.