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Drachm
| Uitgever | Thasos (Thracian Islands) |
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| Jaar | 404 BC - 355 BC |
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| Oriëntatie | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Herakles depicted as a nude, bearded hero kneeling to the right in a dynamic pose, clad in the Nemean lion skin draped over his left arm, with his right arm extended and drawing a strung bow. A cornucopia appears in the right field, serving as a civic symbol of Thasian prosperity. The encircling Greek legend ΘΑΣΙΟΝ identifies the issuing city, distributed around the periphery of the field in bold archaic letterforms. The composition is vigorous and energetic, reflecting the accomplished die-cutting of Thasian mint workers during the early fourth century BC. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | ΘΑΣΙΟΝ |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Thasos derived extraordinary wealth from silver mines on the Thracian mainland and from its near-monopoly on wine trade along the northern Aegean coast. This drachm was struck during a period bookended by two catastrophes: the city's forced submission to Lysander following the Athenian defeat at Aegospotami in 404 BC, and its eventual capitulation to Philip II of Macedon in 355 BC, after which autonomous Thasian coinage effectively ceased for a generation.
The fabric is characteristically compact for the series — a consequence of Thasian mint practice favoring thick, small flans over the broader spread common elsewhere in the Aegean.