THRACIAN ISLANDS. Thasos. 2nd-1st centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (33mm, 1h). NGC Choice XF, light scratches. Ca. 148-90/80 BC. Head of Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy, wearing mitra (cloth headband) / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Heracles, nude, standing facing, head left, left arm draped with lion skin, resting right hand on grounded club; MHP monogram in left inner field. HGC 6, 359. SNG Copenhagen 1046-8. Possibly a Celtic issue, as noted on the holder.

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