★ Exceptionally Rare AE Tetradrachm ★

AKARNANIA. Palairos. 4th century BC. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 27.7 mm, 15.68 g, 6 h). [ΠA] Horse prancing to right. Rev. [TETRAΔR]AXMO[N] Bearded head to right. HGC 4, 901 (R2). BCD Akarnania -. Ralli-Photopoulou 2. K. Regling, Kupfernes TETRAΔPAXMON, in: Journal international d'archéologie numismatique 11 (1908), 243-244. Very rare. Crudely struck as typical for issue, otherwise, very fine.

The attribution of this issue of fiduciary Tetradrachms to Palairos is still a matter of some discussion.