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Auction 26  21 May 2023
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Lot 219

Estimate: 350 CHF
Price realized: 2200 CHF
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ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 380 BC. Trihemiobol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.85 g, 7 h). Bearded head of Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath with berries at his forehead. Rev. ΘΑΣΙΟΝ Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress and short hunting chiton, kneeling right, shooting his bow; to right, under Herakles' right arm, bunch of grapes. West - (but cf. the earlier gold issue, West 3). Very rare, and probably unpublished. Well-struck, clear and of good style. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the A. Ghertsos collection, Münzen und Medailen FPL 527, November/December 1989, 23.
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