CLASSICAL COINS
ISLANDS OFF CARIA
COS
Tetradrachm, about 370-350 BC. AR 15.24 g. Bearded head of Heracles l., wearing lion skin. Rev. KWION Crab, below ALKIMACOS on a raised band and club; whole within dotted square. BMC 195,12. Pixodaros Hoard 231,27b ( this specimen ).
Rare . Nice old cabinet patina. Extremely fine Provenance: P. Arnaud collection and auctions AUCTIONES AG, Basel 17 (1988), 245 and Hess-Divo AG, Zürich 307 (2007), 1264.