347, Lot: 82. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 14.90 g, 12h). “Imitative series”. Head of young Dionysos right, hair in band and wreath of ivy / Herakles standing left, right hand on club set on ground, lion skin draped over left arm; monogram to inner left. HGC 6, 359; SNG Copenhagen 1040-5. Near VF, toned, rough surfaces, unusually large test cut.

Whereas most large test cuts form a triangular shape, going from the edge toward the center, this coin features a rectangularly-shaped cut, struck from such force that the coin itself exhibits some concavity when viewed from the obverse. An unusual and interesting variation on the test cut.