Ancient Coins from the Collection of the Late Robert Erskine

Continental Iron Age, EASTERN EUROPE, Tetradrachm, c. 90-80 BC, imitating the issues of Thasos, head of Dionysius right, wreathed with ivy, and hair curled up in thick bacnd, rev. figure of Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin, heavily abstracted legend around, 15.70g/12h (Lukanc 1611, same reverse die). Good very fine, dark toned with iridescence £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Ancient Coins from the Collection of the Late Robert Erskine.

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Crédit Suisse Auction 1, 22-23 April 1983, lot 23