Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2019 NYINC Auction 11-12 Jan 2019
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THRACE. Southern Thrace. Aenus. AR Tetradrachm (16.22 gms), ca. 475-400 B.C. NGC Ch EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5. Marks.
May-18a. VERY RARE. Head of Hermes facing right, wearing close fitting petasos; Reverse: Goat standing right, Boar's head in lower right field, all within incuse square. Well centered obverse with good strike details. Mild scratches on Hermes' cheek. Even and pleasant dove gray tone with subdued luster. A seldom seen type with an impressive provenance.
Ex: Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction #96, February 2017, lot 1612.
May-18a. VERY RARE. Head of Hermes facing right, wearing close fitting petasos; Reverse: Goat standing right, Boar's head in lower right field, all within incuse square. Well centered obverse with good strike details. Mild scratches on Hermes' cheek. Even and pleasant dove gray tone with subdued luster. A seldom seen type with an impressive provenance.
Ex: Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction #96, February 2017, lot 1612.
Ex: Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1991.
Ex: Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, pt. IV sold by Sotheby's Auction, June 1991, lot 171.
Ex: Numismatic Fine Arts Sale #VIII, June 1980, lot 68.
Ex: Boston Museum of Fine Arts Collection (acc. no. 00.182 = purchased in 1900 with funds from the Catherine Page Perkins Fund).
Estimate: $4000.00- $6000.00