Thrace, Thasos. Tetradrachm; Thrace, Thasos; After 146 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.97g. SNG Cop-1038, BM-72. Obv: Head of young Dionysus r., wreathed with ivy. Rx: HPAK?EOYS / SOTHPOS / TASION Herakles, naked, standing l., holding club downwards, lion's skin over l. arm; M in field to l. Formerly NGC Ch XF, 5/5, 4/5.This coin and the next lot are exceptional Hellenistic tetradrachms of the type which was later extensively imitated by the Danubian Celts of the interior. EF
Estimate: $450