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Auction XXV  22-23 Sep 2022
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Lot 318

Estimate: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 3000 GBP
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Kings of Thrace, Mostis AR Tetradrachm. Circa 125 BC. Diademed and draped bust to right / Athena Nikephoros seated to left, left arm resting on shield; [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ crowned by Nike to left, ΕΠΙ ΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣ Λ[Η] below, IM monogram to inner left. SNG Black Sea 309; BMC 1; SNG Copenhagen 1172 var. (legend and monogram); de Luynes 1822 var. (same); Hirsch E-Live 6, 575 (same obv. die). 16.65g, 30mm, 2h.

Extremely Fine. Exceedingly Rare; one of only five tetradrachms of Mostis to come to auction in the past two decades, and the only one with this monogram.

From the inventory of a German dealer.
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