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Drachm
| Issuer | Thasos (Thracian Islands) |
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| Year | 404 BC - 355 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (404 BC - 355 BC) |
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Thasos derived the silver for its coinage almost entirely from mines on the nearby Thracian mainland — wealth significant enough that Athens forcibly shut down Thasian operations during their conflict in the 460s BC, after Thasos attempted to defend exclusive trading rights in the region. This drachm type falls within the subsequent recovery period, after Thasos rebuilt both its autonomy and its mint following decades of Athenian dominance.
The die work on this series is notably inconsistent across specimens, likely reflecting periodic rather than continuous minting driven by commercial demand from Aegean trade.