Lot 2040
Sale 140 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Thrace, Abdera, (386/5-375 B.C.), silver drachm or tetrobol (2.56 g), obv. griffin prancing to left, traces of ABD behind, rev. kantharos within outlined square, around on three sides, **EPIRO MNHM ONOS*, for magistrate Hiromnemon, (cf.S.1549, May 446 [these dies A300, P353, 19 known specimens], p.259 Pl.XX). Some porosity on obverse, otherwise very fine/good very fine and rare.
Ex Superior Auctions 9 December 1994 (lot 670) previously from the Thrace c.1986 hoard (Coin Hoards Vol. VIII, No.103).
- Estimate
- $300
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $360