Description
Islands off Thrace, Samotrace, 3rd – 2nd century BC. Pytho-, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / ΣΑΜΟ; Kybele seated left, holding patera and scepter, ΠYΘO right.
180,00 €
Islands off Thrace, Samotrace, 3rd – 2nd century BC. Pytho-, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / ΣΑΜΟ; Kybele seated left, holding patera and scepter, ΠYΘO right.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE17 |
| Weight [g]: | 4,28 |
| Grade: | gVF/gVF |
| Attribution: | Schönert-Geiss, Samothrake 13; HGC 6, 321 |
| Commentary: | great specimen with wonderful brown patina and sharp details |
Samothrace was colonized by the Greeks from Samos - hence the name Σαμοθράκη.