Dea Moneta
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Lot # 218
Continental Greece. Islands off Thrace, Thasos. AR Tetradrachm, c. 148-90/80 BC. Obv. Ivy-wreathed head of young Dionysos right. Rev. ΗΕΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ. Herakles standing left, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; to left, monogram; in exergue, ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. SNG Cop. 1040-44; SNG Ashmolean 3689; Cf. Le Rider, Thasiennes 52. AR. 14.08 g. 30.00 mm. A choice example of fine style, from masterly engraved reverse die. Lovely iridescent old cabinet tone. About EF.