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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2145752, member: 15445&quot;]<b>[ATTACH=full]411066[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b>THRACE, Thasos</b></p><p><b>AR Tetradrachm </b></p><p><b>(After 146 BC)</b></p><p>16.72 grams,&nbsp; 31 mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Wreathed head of Dionysos right.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Hair is neatly braided, vine-ed &amp;</p><p>&nbsp; berried with a few locks of loose</p><p>&nbsp; hair cascading down to the shoulder </p><p><b>Rev:</b> Hercules standing left, holding club</p><p>&nbsp; &amp; lion&#039;s skin with control monogram.</p><p>&nbsp; HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN.</p><p><b>Grade:</b> gVF to aEF</p><p><b>Other:</b> SNG Cop 1046ff.</p><p>May 2014 Pecunem Sale 16, lot # 86.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This statue of Dionysos is kept at The Louvre:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]411065[/ATTACH] </p><p>This handsome fellow is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking, ritual madness, and ecstasy in Greek mythology.&nbsp; Apparently, there was Wine, Merry Making, Theater, and Ecstasy available in Thasos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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