Maison Palombo
Auction 19 12 Dec 2020
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Asie Mineure - Carie - Cos - Tétradrachme - Magistrat Kleinos (285-258).
Très rare et d'une qualité hors norme.
15.14g - Requier, RSN 75, 34 - SNG von Aulock 2753
FDC Exceptionnel - GEM MS
This coin is one of the few Hellenistic tetradrachms of Kos that are not badly struck or corroded, and it presents a head of Herakles of great elegance. Above the god's bow-case, the reverse shows a crab, the animal being an ally of him in Koan mythology - even though usually the crab is the ally of the Hydra - possibly for the simple reason that the island's name was derived from the Greek word for crab.
Très rare et d'une qualité hors norme.
15.14g - Requier, RSN 75, 34 - SNG von Aulock 2753
FDC Exceptionnel - GEM MS
This coin is one of the few Hellenistic tetradrachms of Kos that are not badly struck or corroded, and it presents a head of Herakles of great elegance. Above the god's bow-case, the reverse shows a crab, the animal being an ally of him in Koan mythology - even though usually the crab is the ally of the Hydra - possibly for the simple reason that the island's name was derived from the Greek word for crab.