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Auction 9  21 October 2014
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Lot 100

Estimate: 3750 CHF
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GREEK COINS
Thessaly

Ainianes, c. 400-344 BC. Obol (Silver, 0.88 g 12), Hypata. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to left. Rev. ΑΙΝΙΑΝ Sword in scabbard and spear point, both upwards. BCD 1014 (this coin). Jameson 1080. Traité IV, 453, pl. CCLXXXVII, 16. Very rare. Toned and attractive, one of the finest known examples. Good very fine.

From the BCD Collection, Nomos 4, 10 May 2011, 1014, ex Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1970, 120 (£42) and from the collection of S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 1190.
The weapons on the reverse are those used by Phemios, the local Hero of the Ainianes.

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