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11 October 2020
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Rare Tetradrachm pedigreed to 1985

Starting Price: 750 CHF
Hammer Price:  2800 CHF
Lot 89

ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 411-340 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 15.19 g, 3 h). Bearded head of Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath with berries on forehead. Rev. ΘΑΣΙΟΝ Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress and short hunting tunic, kneeling to right, drawing his bow; on the lower right, kantharos. HGC 6, 342. Le Rider, Thasiennes 23. West 32. Nicely toned. Obverse crowded to left, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Vineyard collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group 42, 29 May 1997, 296 and Superior, Lawson Sale, 3-6 June 1985, 2118.

Online bidding closes: 11 Oct 2020, 14:44:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 26 Apr 2024, 21:41:53 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2800 CHF by MailBidder37863 (3 bids)
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