Islands off Thrace. Thasos circa 411-340 BC. Tetradrachm AR 23 mm,

Islands off Thrace. Thasos circa 411-340 BC.
Tetradrachm AR

23 mm, 15,23 g

Head of Dionysos to left, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit / ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles, wearing lion skin, kneeling right and shooting his bow; before, kantharos; all within linear frame within circular incuse

Good Very Fine

Cf. HGC 6, 342 (Kantharos). Le Rider, Thasiennes 23 (Same).



Extremely Rare variant with Pentagram