Thrace. Byzantion. 240-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.87g, 12h). Schönert-Geiss 1002; SNG Black Sea 59-61. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck. Possibly the finest known. Choice extremely fine. From a European private collection; Gorny & Mosch 2011 (199) lot 142 As with so many Greek coins, the beauty of this coin, with its lovely, elegant head of Demeter, the goddess of the fertile fields, and its figure of Poseidon Asphalaios (God of the earthquakes) sitting on a rock, shows how the Greeks believed that the money they minted had to be both useful and attractive to the eye.

Lot 53

Thrace. Byzantion. 240-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.87g, 12h). Schönert-Geiss 1002; SNG Black Sea 59-61. Old cabinet tone. Perfectly centered and struck. Possibly the finest known. Choice extremely fine. From a European private collection; Gorny & Mosch 2011 (199) lot 142 As with so many Greek coins, the beauty of this coin, with its lovely, elegant head of Demeter, the goddess of the fertile fields, and its figure of Poseidon Asphalaios (God of the earthquakes) sitting on a rock, shows how the Greeks believed that the money they minted had to be both useful and attractive to the eye.

Categorie: Greek Coins (1)

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