Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 42 8 Dec 2021
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CELTS IN EASTERN EUROPE. Imitating Islands off Thrace, Thasos. After 148 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 14.69 gm. 34 mm. Imitative type. Celticized head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath and taenia / Crude Herakles facing right, holding club in left hand and lion skin in right; Θ to left. HGC 6, 359. Göbl, OTA Class V. Near Very Fine; lightly toned; struck on a very broad flan; nice even flan (this issue usually wavy). Rare right-facing Herakles.