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Didrachm
| Issuer | Thasos |
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| Year | 355 BC - 340 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse lettering | ΘΑΣΙΟΝ |
| Edge | Plain |
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Thasos derived enormous wealth from the gold and silver mines of the Thracian mainland opposite the island, and from a wine trade so commercially dominant that ancient sources record the Thasians legislating against foreign wines being sold in their markets. This didrachm falls within the period following Athens' diminishing grip on the northern Aegean, when Thasian civic autonomy allowed the island's mint to operate with renewed independence after decades of Athenian-influenced constraint.
BMC Greek #39 places this type firmly in the mid-fourth century sequence. Philip II of Macedon would seize the Thracian mines entirely by 340 BC, effectively ending the economic conditions that made issues like this possible.