CNG 97, Lot: 62. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 16.73 g, 12h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over left arm; monogram to inner left. Prokopov,
Silberprägung, Group XIV, 1105–7 var. (V CD4/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Le Rider,
Thasiennes 52; HGC 6, 359. Good VF, lightly toned, small wave in flan. Fine style Herakles.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 272 (25 January 2012), lot 39.