Thrace, Ainos; Hermes/caduceus
Description:
Thrace, Ainos, 280 - 200 BC. Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos / AINION; kerykeion; grape bunch to right.
Diameter:
AE22 mm
Weight:
7,22 g
Grade:
gF/aF
Attribution:
BMC 33
Commentary:
dark olive-brown patina with bronze highlights
History:
Ainos changed hands between Ptolemy Philopator in 222 BC, Philip, king of Macedonia, in 200 BC, and later of Antiochus the Great, who lost it to the Romans in 185 BC.
Article Number:
051-05-01-41652