ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.97 g, 12h).Triton XXIV Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 1 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.97 g, 12h). Head of young Dionysos right, hair in band and wreath of ivy with berries at the tip / Herakles standing left, right hand on club set on ground, lion skin draped over left arm; monogram to inner left; HPAKΛEOVΣ to right, ΣΩTHPOΣ to left, ΘAΣIΩN in exergue. Prokopov, Silberprägung, Group I, 7 (V A2/R 7); Le Rider, Thasiennes 51; HGC 6, 358; SNG Berry 521; Boston MFA 869; Gulbenkian 891; CNG 45, lot 262 (same dies). Old collection tone with golden iridescence around the devices. Good VF. Early issue, struck from elegant dies. |