Summary
Tetradrachm, Ancient Greek States Thrace Thasos, circa 100 BCE.
Obverse Description
Head of Dionysos facing right wearing ivy-wreath.
Reverse Description
Herakles standing front, head left, naked; holds lion's skin in left arm and rests club on ground club in right; around the legend in Greek: ERAKLEOYS SOPOS THASION. In field monogram, HM.
Edge Description
Plain
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
circa 100 BC
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Issued By
Thasos, Thrace, Ancient Greek States, circa 100 BCE
Issued after Roman conquest in 148 BC and into the 1st century BC. -
Previous Collection
Eugene von Guerard, pre 1880
Catalogue Vol.1 p.14 - in red ink. Coin found in NGV Safe during McArthur Bequest incorporation, about 1904. -
Deity Depicted
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Denomination
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Material
Silver
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Axis
11
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Classification
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Type of item
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Dimensions
35 mm (Outside Diameter), 16.86 g (Weight)
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Shape
Off round
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References
BMC. Thrace p.222 No.67
[Book] Poole, Reginald S. 1877. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace., 222 Pages
[Catalogue] Pullin, Ruth. 2011. Nature Revealed: Eugene von Guerard.
