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. 16.79 gm. 30 mm. Imitative type, highly degraded. Celticized head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath and taenia / Crude Herakles holding stylized lion skin in left hand; no monogram. HGC 6, 359. Minty surfaces, as struck; lightly toned; very wavy flan. Rare left facing head of Dionysos.