Ex Vicomte de Sartiges Collection

CNG 88, Lot: 47. Estimate $15000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Ainos. Circa 374/3-372/1 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 15.86 g, 12h). Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petasos / Goat standing right; AINION above, hydria to right; all within incuse square. May, Ainos 351c (A218/R237) = Sartiges 168 (this coin); AMNG II 333; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 14 (same dies); Bement 814 (same dies). Near EF, toned, minor die shift on obverse, small edge split. Great metal.

Ex LHS 103 (5 May 2009), lot 56; Leu 42 (12 May 1987), lot 152; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection, 168.