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One of the Finest Known
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 412-404 BC. Nude satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off protesting nymph; I in upper right field / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6 var. (letter on obverse); HPM pl. X, 27-8 var. (same); HGC 6, 334 var. (same); NAC 134, 220 (same obv. die); CNG Triton XXII, 166 (same obv. die). 9.00g, 22mm.
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Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; one of the finest known examples.
202. 150
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Tetradrachm. After 146 BC. Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club and lion’s skin; HPAKΛEOYΣ to right, ΣΩTHPOΣ to left, monogram to inner left, ΘAΣIΩN below. SNG Copenhagen 1040-1045; HGC 6, 359. 16.77g, 34mm, 12h.
About Extremely Fine; deep cabinet tone with iridescent flashes.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 92, 24 May 2016, lot 1450.
Kings of Odrysian Thrace, Metokos AR Obol. Circa 407-386 BC. Bare head to right; MHTOKO behind / MHTOKO, labrys; all within shallow circular incuse. Cf. Peykov B0180 (diobol); Topalov I 5-6; HGC 3.2, 1687. 0.52g, 9mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Rare in this condition.
