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LOT 2866
Celts in Danube Region AR Tetradrachm. Circa 1st century BC.
Imitating Tetradrachms of Thasos, Thrace. Head of Celticized Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram of MH to inner left. Cf. Lanz 971-4; cf. Göbl OTA ppl. 46-7. For prototype see HGC 6, 359. Near Extremely Fine.(15.96gr, 31mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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