THRACIAN ISLANDS. Thasos. Ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.44 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Ca. 148-90/80 BC. Head of Dionysus right, crowned with ivy, wearing mitra (cloth headband) / ΗΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Heracles, nude, standing facing, head left, left arm draped with lion skin, resting right hand on grounded club; ΔN monogram in left inner field. HGC 6, 359. SNG Copenhagen 1038. Puzzling blundering of the reverse legend (ΗPΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ), considering the artistry and careful execution of both dies.

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