Nomos AG
Auction 27 22 May 2023
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THRACE. Ainos. Circa 357-342/1 BC. Drachm (Silver, 17.5 mm, 3.80 g, 12 h). Head of Hermes facing, turned slightly to the right, wearing a flat petasos with a button at the top. Rev. AINION Cult statue of Hermes Perpheraios on throne to left; to left, goat's head to right. May, Ainos, 449. A beautiful piece, with a head of Hermes in a lovely and emotional late Classical style. Extremely fine.
Ex Stack's 2 December 1997, 101.
For the fascinating story of Hermes Perpheraios see, I. Petrovic, The life story of a cult stature as an allegory: Kallimachos's Hermes Perpheraios, in Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by J. Mylonopoulos, Leiden, 2010, pp. 205-224.
Ex Stack's 2 December 1997, 101.
For the fascinating story of Hermes Perpheraios see, I. Petrovic, The life story of a cult stature as an allegory: Kallimachos's Hermes Perpheraios, in Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome, edited by J. Mylonopoulos, Leiden, 2010, pp. 205-224.