THRACE. Ainos. Circa 398/7-396/5 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 14.89 g, 12 h). Head of Hermes facing, turned slightly to left, wearing a petasos with a knob at the top and beads along the edge. Rev. ΑΙΝΙΟΝ Male goat standing to right; below to right, vine with grapes; all within shallow incuse square. May, Ainos 348 (A215/P234 a = this coin). SNG Lockett 1168 (this coin). Very rare, with a reverse symbol reminiscent of the coinage of Mende, and of an unusually fine Classical style with a highly expressive head of Hermes. Good very fine.

Ex The New York Sale XXXVII, 5 January 2016, 808, and from the collections of R. C. Lockett, VI, Glendining & Co., 12 February 1958, 1084, Alberto Sangorski (sold privately circa 1925) and from that of Canon William Greenwell (1820-1918).