Thasos, Dionysus / Herkules

Found a small hoard of Thasos, Dionysus / Herkules tets the other day. Here is one of them

Thasos, AR Tetradrachm
Circa 168-148 BC. ISLANDS off THRACE
O: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right
Rx: Herakles standing facing, head left, holding club, lion skin draped over left arm; M to inner left, HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN around
16.90 g, 32 mm
SNG Copenhagen 1039; HGC 6, 358


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LOVELY tet TJC!

 

VERY nice Thasos Tet @TJC ! Well done. Beautiful strike, crisp.

Here is mine... It has enjoyed a few transactions...

Thasos, Thrace,
AR Tetradrachm
146 - 50 B.C., 33mm, 16.1g
Obv: Young head of Dionysos wearing wreath of leaves and grapes and band across forehead.
Rev: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Hercules naked standing left holding club, lion skin draped over arm; monogram.
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 1040; SG-1759; SNG Ashmolean 3689; Le Rider, Thasos 51

 

Thasos, Thrace, BC 168-148
AR, tetradrachm, 16.12g, 31mm; 11h
Obv.: Portrait of Dionysos
Rev.: ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ to left, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ to right, ΘΑΣΙΩΝ below; Hercules with lion pelt in arm resting on club. M monogram left

 

Very nice

 

How wonderful

 

Wonderful Tets!!!

Mine is a 'poor mans' special.....A bronze (AE-25) with Dionysos on both sides. Does Maroneia count???

 

I'm gonna try to sneak-in on Mikey-Z's coat-tails ...

=> Dionysian AR Tetradrachm of Maroneia

 

I don't get it like, found in your backyard? Wow you are lucky. I don't have a Dionysus Tet, but I do have a Dionysus and a Tet. if only I can fuse or morph them together.

 

Yes it does well, played!

 

Awesome coin - a must have for the ancient collector there are few coins as large and beautiful at the price point of which most of these fall. Good score, and excellent Herakles.

 

Good ol' wavy!

 

Yeah! He was Waving HELLO to you, and missed the original corral

 

Here is mine:



John

 

....and mine.

 

A local dealer had over a dozen to choose from. I picked out two and this is one of them. I still need to photograph the other one. Very happy to finally add a couple of these to the collection

To all: Great Thasos coins! Large ancient silver coins ain't a bad way to roll

At Mikey Zee: That is a fantastic Thasos AE! I will be looking to add one of those for sure.

 

I totally agree (MZ, that's a sweet AE example) ... but it is a Maroneia

=> they're sooo close (Thassos and Maroneia)

=> you can see them peeking at each other down there on the Aegean Sea (looks like it'd be pretty down there, eh?)

 

Looks close enough to Thasos for me

 

I couldn't resist buying one of these Thasos circa 500 BC coins, so intriguing, anyone's guess what story they are trying to portray.