Nomos AG
Auction 17 26 Oct 2018
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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.
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.