1081350 | GREEK. THRACE. Island of Thasos. Struck circa 148-90 BC. AR Tetradrachm. NGC MS (Mint State) Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5. 31mm. 16.92gm. Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed in ivy / HPAKΛEOVΣ to right, ΣΩTHPOΣ to left, ΘAΣIΩN in exergue. Herakles standing left, right hand on club set on ground, lion skin draped over left arm; monogram to inner left. . Prokopov, Silberprägung 714–9 var. (V AC5/R – [unlisted rev. die]); Hoover HGC 6, 359 (as Thasos); SNG Copenhagen 1040–5.

Imitative series. Macedon under Rome, Macedonia, as Roman Province.

Ex CNG Triton XVII Auction (January 2014, New York) Lot 103.


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