Nomos

Auction 17  –  26 October 2018

Nomos, Auction 17

Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Coins, European Medals

Fr, 26.10.2018, from 12:00 PM CEST
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Description

THRACE. Ainos. Circa 457/6-456/5 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.34 g, 5 h). Head of Hermes to right, his hair wound around his head in a plait, wearing a petasos with a beaded border and a button at the top. Rev. AINI Male goat standing to right; to right, ivy leaf within a crescent; all within a shallow incuse square. AMNG 272. May 48d (A29/P39) this coin. Rare. Toned and with a powerful head of Hermes in a vigorous, almost rustic, early Classical northern Greek style. Nearly extremely fine.

From the Vineyard Collection and from the Star Collection, LHS 102, 29 April 2008, 107, and from the collections of D. Féret, Vinchon, 24 November 1994, 230, the Comtesse M. de Béhague, Vinchon 14 April 1984, 80, that of T. Prowe, Egger XLVI, 11 May 1914, 171 and that of Montagu, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 March 1897, 152.

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Price realized 18'000 CHF
Starting price 9'600 CHF
Estimate 12'000 CHF
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