Kos (BC 285-258) Tetradrachm

ca 285-258 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.22g, 12h). Xanthippos, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Îš-Î©Î™ÎŸ-Î, Crab, ÎžÎ‘ÎÎ˜Î™Î Î ÎŸÎ£ and bow-in-bowcase below; all within dotted square. Near EF, ligthly toned. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (5/2005), lot 209.

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City/Mint name:	Kos
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Keywords:	silver / hellenistic
References:	Requier 63 (D11/R53); SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA Supp. 195 (same dies); Gulbenkian 1005 = Weber 6630
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 73 (9/2006), lot 372 ($4,800 + comm)
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