Unusual Obverse Legend

396, Lot: 261. Estimate $150. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Late 2nd-1st centuries BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 15.56 g, 12h). Mint in the region of the lower Danube, Moesia, or Thrace. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right; ƎΘA below / Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; И to inner left. Cf. OTA Class I (for general type). VF, wavy flan. Extremely rare.