THRACE, Abdera. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Oktadrachm (29.84 gm). Griffin seated 
      left, right paw raised; grape cluster and ­ before / Quadripartite incuse 
      square. May 38 (A32/P36 - this coin listed as specimen a). Toned, good VF. 

only 3 
      specimens cited by May from 2 die combinations. 
      ($3000) Ex Frank S. Benson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 3-11 
      February 1909), lot 446 (with the gouge and scratch); Rhoussopoulos 
      Collection (Hirsch Auktion XIII, 15 May 1905), lot 508. 
Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1324.
 
 Lot sold for $2400, plus buyers fees.

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