Details
LOT 3077
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 435-405 BC.
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Goat walking to right; AINI above, crab below foreleg. May 292-309; HGC 3.2, 1277. Very Fine.(1.18gr, 12mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 457.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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