Tetradrachm Thasos Type 200 BC - 1 BC

Reverse

Stylised Herakles standing facing; legends reduced to pellets around.

Comment

Imitation of Tetradrachm of Thassos.
Lukanc pl. 149, 1692-1694 and pl. 158. 1802

Examples of this type:

• Example #1 (15.62g, 29mm, 12h, Very Fine) - in main image:
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #993;
◦ Exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #168[reverse]);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, Lot 255. Sold for 380 GBP.
◦ Auctioned by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 60, 11 June 1992, lot 32.

• Example #1 (15.24g, 33mm, 12h, VeryFine):

© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Ex-Hermann Lanz Collection; published in Michaela Kostial - "Kelten im Osten. Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel und Osteuropa, Sammlung Lanz", München, 1997, #992;
◦ Exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #168[obverse]);
◦ Auctioned by Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 48, 22 May 1989, lot 39.
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 60, 1 August 2019, Lot 52. Sold for 550 GBP.

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