621.  ISLANDSoff  CARIA.  Kos. Circa  357-330 BC.  AR Didrachm  (7.01 gm).
Bearded  head of  Herakles  (Maussollos, satrap  of Caria?)  right, wearing
lion’s  skin  headdress /  Veiled  female  head left,  (Artemisia, wife  of
Maussollos, as  Demeter?); magistrate AGH . BMC Caria pg.  195, 18; cf. SNG
Helsinki 286  (tetradrachm of  the same magistrate) cf.  SNG Copenhagen 619
(diff. magistrate). VF. ($500)


CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18 Sept 2001, lot 621.
 
 Lot sold for $425.


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