Islands off Thrace, Thasos

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Description

Circa 148-80 BC. AR tetradrachm, 16.62 gr., 34 mm.

Obv: head of Dionysos wearing ivy wreath to the right.

Rev: HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ; Herakles standing to the left, holding club and lion skin; to inner left: HM-monogram, below: ΘAΣIΩN.

Ref: Le Rider, Thasiennes 51; Prokopov Group XII (V HG1/R 700); SNG Copenhagen 1040; BMC 74; HGC 359.

Old collection patina. A few old marks. Nearly Extremely Fine.

Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 277 (Frankfurt 1971), lot 65. With collector’s ticket.