Ancient and Islamic Coins, Antiquities

ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos, Tetradrachm, early imitative series, 1st cent. BC, wreathed head of Dionysus right, rev. ηρακλεουζ σωτηποσ θασιων, Herakles standing left, draped in lion-skin and holding club, 16.39g (Le Rider 51; SNG Copenhagen 1039; Sear 1759). Porous surfaces, very fine £60-£80