GREEK COINS
Islands off Thrace
Thasos. Circa 168/7-148 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31mm, 16.85 g 11). Head of the young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΑΣΙΩΝ Herakles standing left, nude but for lion skin over his shoulder and left arm; resting right hand on club; to left, Μ. Le Rider 51. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1040-1045 ff. Obverse struck from a slightly worn die, otherwise, good very fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 25, 24 March 1993, 221.