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Drachm
| Issuer | Thasos |
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| Year | 411 BC - 340 BC |
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| Value | 1 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Facing left bearded head of Dionysos, god of wine, rendered in archaic style with fleshy features and luxuriant beard; the deity is crowned with an ivy wreath, the leaves rendered with careful detail. The portrait fills the flan with bold, high relief typical of early Thasian coinage, with flowing locks of hair visible behind the ear. The die engraving displays the vigorous, somewhat stylized character characteristic of northern Aegean mint production of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. |
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| Reverse description | Herakles depicted kneeling to right in the act of drawing his bow, his body shown in three-quarter view with musculature rendered in the archaic convention. The hero wears the Nemean lion skin, with the pelt draped over his shoulders and forearm; a lion's head appears to the right, facing right. The design is set within a shallow incuse square, characteristic of early hammered Greek coinage, with the legend ΘΑΣΙΟΝ inscribed in the field identifying the issuing city of Thasos. |
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| Mintage | ND (411 BC - 340 BC) |
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