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Obolos 42

With selections from the collections of John Aiello and Beat A. Klein

Webauction, 3 May 2026
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From the Lanz Collection published by Kostial!

Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  550 CHF
Lot 5

EASTERN EUROPE. Imitations of Thasos. Late 2nd-1st centuries BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 37 mm, 15.10 g, 11 h). Celticized head of Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. Garbled legend consisted of pellets Herakles rendered as a stick figure; four pellets within annulets across the fields. Kostial 996 (this coin). Lukanc -. Cf. Göbl OTA, pl. 50, class V/A, 8 (for the reverse). Very rare with the head of "Dionysos" to left. Very fine.

From the CG Collection, and from the Herbert and Hermann Lanz Collection, Roma e61, 22 August 2019, 52, ex Lanz 18, 13 May 1980,8.

Online bidding closes: 3 May 2026, 14:02:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 15 May 2026, 13:59:45 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:550 CHF by CatalogMember438 (7 bids)
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