THRACE. Maroneia. Circa 189/8-49/5 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 15.13 g, 12 h), c. 150s. Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing taenia and ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted into a queue and partially falling down the back of his neck. Rev. ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ Dionysos, nude, standing to left with cloak over his left arm, holding bunch of grapes in his right hand and narthex stalks in his left; at his feet to left, monogram of ΠΟ; and to right, ΛΕ. Schönert-Geiss 1275-1299. SNG Copenhagen 640. Toned and of a powerful, boldly executed late Hellenistic style. Nearly extremely fine.
From the collection of W. Belser, Zürich, prior to 1965, and that of his son, acquired in the early 1970s.