Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 248. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THRACE. Thasos. Circa 411-340 BC. AR Drachm (3.48 gm, 5h). Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Herakles crouching right, drawing bow; caduceus to right; all within incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 19 var. (symbol); SNG Copenhagen 1023 var. (same); McClean 4211 (same dies). VF, toned, areas of roughness. Rare symbol. ($500)