EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 15.62 g, 12h). Mint in the lower Danube region. Near EF.

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Lot: 8. Estimated: $ 300

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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Thasos. Circa 90-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 15.62 g, 12h). Mint in the lower Danube region. Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Herakles standing facing, head right, holding club in left hand, lion’s skin draped over right arm. Lukanc Ve groupe, 1382 var. (same rev. die, obv. die unrecorded); OTA –; Lanz –; KMW –; CCCBM I –. Toned, minor scratches, traces of find patina. Near EF. Extremely rare with Herakles standing right.

Lukanc records 1987 specimens in his corpus but only five with Herakles standing right. Of those five, four are from the same dies as the present coin. The obverse die used on this coin was not recorded in Lukanc. Neither type is found in CoinArchives.

Closing Date and Time: 18 March 2026 at 10:02:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.