Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 223

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Lot description:


AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 155-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.73 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Olympios, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia with small H inscribed near the back end / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg; all within wreath. Oakley dies 50/a; BMC 80 (same dies). Attractively toned. Good VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 501.

The small H on the tainia is clearly visible on both specimens cited by Oakley for this obverse die, but no mention of it is made in his article.

Estimate: 750 USD