Agora Auctions, LLC
Numismatic Auction 26 10 February 2015
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This is a very early imitiation: legible and of good style, but still distinctly 'odd' in appearance. The tied up hair at the side of Dionysos' head has become almost horn-like, and his neck has become elongated. Thasian imitations were produced in enormous numbers to profit from the abundant silver from the lower Balkans, but coins of this quality are relatively scarce.