Watch List notes:

ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 148-90/80 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.91 g, 1 h). Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing tainia and wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. HΡAKΛEOΥΣ - ΣΩTHΡOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN 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, monogram of MH. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 52. Propokov Group XVIII, 1652 (V FF3/R 1321). Lightly toned and attractive. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Helios 6, 9 March 2011, 386.