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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 244. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. THRACE, Ainos. Circa 405/4-357/6 BC. 
                                AR Tetradrachm (15.29 gm, 11h). Struck circa 
                                359/8-357/6 BC. Estimate $20000 Sold For $19000 

                              THRACE, Ainos. Circa 405/4-357/6 BC. AR 
                              Tetradrachm (15.29 gm, 11h). Struck circa 
                              359/8-357/6 BC. Head of Hermes facing slightly 
                              left, with long hair and wearing petasos 
                              ornamented with a row of beads / AINION, goat 
                              standing right; vertical thunderbolt to right. 
                              May, Ainos, Group LXIV, - (unlisted symbol and 
                              dies); AMNG II -; BMC Thrace -; SNG Copenhagen -. 
                              EF. Excellent strike and metal. Apparently unique. 
                              ($20,000)

                              Ex Münzen und Medaillen 81 (18-19 September 1995), 
                              lot 46 (expertly conserved since).

                              The style of the obverse type (particularly the 
                              "rugged" features and muscular neck), the wide 
                              circular form of the reverse die, and the style of 
                              the goat, place this coin among the final issues 
                              of tetradrachms at Ainos.

                              See lot 240 for more information on the coinage of 
                              Ainos.








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