Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Imitating the types of Thasos. Mint in the region of the lower Danube, Moesia, or Thrace, late 2nd-1st centuries BC. Stylised wreathed head of Dionysos to right / [HP]AKΛEOYE EΩTHIOE(sic), stylised Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club and lion skin; ΘAEIΩN(sic - Ω inverted) below. Cf. Lanz 971-4; cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 46/47; cf. HGC 6, 359 (for prototype); Hirsch 281, lot 10. 16.83g, 34mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine.

From A Lady's Winged Horse Collection;
Privately purchased from Shanna Schmidt Inc. (USD 1,250);
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 47, 16 September 1998, lot 26.