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  Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 242. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. THRACE, Ainos. Circa 435/4-405/4 BC. 
  AR Tetradrachm (16.29 gm, 10h). Struck circa 
  412/1-410/9 BC. Estimate $5000 Sold For $5500 

THRACE, Ainos. Circa 435/4-405/4 BC. AR 
Tetradrachm (16.29 gm, 10h). Struck circa 
412/1-410/9 BC. Head of Hermes right, with long 
hair, wearing close-fitting petasos ornamented 
with a row of beads / AIN-I, goat standing right; 
caduceus to right; all within incuse square. May, 
Ainos, Group XXXI, 259 (A159/P170); AMNG II 288; 
BMC Thrace pg. 78, 5; SNG Copenhagen 395. Good VF, 
toned, even light porosity on obverse. ($5000)

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