Watch List notes:

ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 168/7-148 BC). Tetradrachm (Silver, 34 mm, 17.09 g, 11 h). Head of the youthful Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ - ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ - ΘΑΣΙΩΝ Herakles standing front, head to left, holding club in his right hand and lion skin draped over his left arm and shoulder; in inner left field, ΔΙ. SNG ANS 521. SNG Copenhagen 1038. Struck on a very broad flan and of bold late Hellenistic style. Light marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the mid 20th century, most likely acquired from Dr. H. Nussbaum in Zurich.