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Dionysus | Herakles * Thasos, Thrace - AR Tetradrachm, After 148 BC.
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Dionysus | Herakles - Silver Tetradrachm.
Obv: Head of Dionysus wreathed in ivy, right-facing, long free-coils of hair falling upon shoulder.
Rev: Herakles, nude, standing facing, head left, holding olive-branch club at rest, draped in lion's skin, left hand resting on hip. M Monogram between right knee and club: HPAKΛEOYΣ, down-vertical in right field - ΘAΣIΩN, horizontal below - ΣΩTHPOΣ, down-vertical in left field.
Exergue: ΘAΣIΩN
Mint: Thasos
Struck: post 148 BC.
Size: 33.62 mm.
Weight: 16.91 grm.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Beautiful overall. Well centered, nicely struck. Bright, clear and lustrous silver, superb devices and legends. Subtle, but distinctive toning.
Refs:*
Sear, GCV, 1759.
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