Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 28. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Eastern Europe. Imitations of Thasos. Circa 90/80-1 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.78 g, 12h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right, style highly devolved / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; style highly devolved, with legends appearing as pellets. Lukanc Imit. Group VII; OTA Class V; cf. Lanz 983; cf. CCCBM I S227; cf. KMW 1530. Good VF, lightly toned, bent flan, minor porosity.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 39.