THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, GREEK SILVER COINS, Aiolis, Kyme (after 165 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, Stephanophoric type, Magistrate Herakleides, head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing a tainia, rev KYMAIΩN, horse prancing right, a one-handled cup below, an eagle standing on a thunderbolt below the horse's raised foreleg, HPAKΛEIΔHΣ in exergue, 16.78g, 12h (Oakley, ANSMN 27, 1982, obverse die 64; SNG Copenhagen 105, this obverse die). Well-centred on a broad flan and of very good style, iridescent cabinet tone, about extremely fine, a rare issue.
purchased from Spink & Son Ltd
Estimate: £500-700