EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.76 g, 1h). Mint in the lower Danube region. VF.

Electronic Auction 572
Lot: 200.
Closing Date: Oct 9 2024 10:00 ET

Celtic, Silver

Estimate: $ 100

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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 15.76 g, 1h). Mint in the lower Danube region. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin draped over left arm; no monogram. Cf. Lukanc 1304 var. (monogram); OTA Class IV/1; KMW 1519 var. (M monogram); Lanz 980. Artificially toned, pitted, scratches, smoothed and tooled. VF. Rare without a monogram, it is possible that it was removed during the smoothing process.

From the David Welsh Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 9 October 2024 at 11:06:20 ET.

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