From the Elisabeth Washburn King, de Sartiges, and Rhousopoulos collections
Lot 29
THRACE. Ainos. Circa 457/6-456/5 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 16.45 g, 1 h). Head of Hermes to right, his hair wound around his head in a plait, wearing a petasos with a beaded border and a button at the top. Rev. AINI Male goat standing to right; to right, ivy leaf within a crescent; all within a shallow incuse square. AMNG 272. De Sartiges pl. XI, 165. May, Ainos 48c (A29/P39, this coin). C. C. Vermeule, "Greek Coins in the Elisabeth Washburn Collection at Bryn Mawr College," NC (1956), 77 (with the note purchased from "Hirsch, 1941"). A wonderful example of rustic style, and nicely toned. Nearly extremely fine.
Ex Chaponnière & Hess-Divo 3, 21 May 2012, 81, G. Hirsch Nachf. 275, 22 September 2011, 3371, the Elisabeth Washburn King collection, Christie's, New York, 11 December 1992, 677, the Vicomte Louis Edmond Paul de Sartiges collection, 165, and the Rhousopoulos collection, J. Hirsch XIII, 15 May 1905, 631.
