Lot 2032

Sale 140 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Thrace (Moesia Inferior), Istros, (400-350 B.C.), silver drachm, (5.68 g), obv. two young male heads facing, side by side, left upright, right inverted, rev. sea-eagle standing to left on dolphin to left, which it attacks with its beak, above **ISTRIH*, **D* below eagle, below dolphin monogram PAX, (cf.S.1669, SNG BMC 243, SNG Stancomb 146). Bright, nearly extremely fine.

Ex Anthony "Tony" Taylor Collection.^Noble Numismatics Sale 111, lot 4475.

Estimate
$700
Result Status
Passed in