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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Thasos |
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| Year | 356 BC - 345 BC |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (0.5) |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, the youthful male head is rendered in fine archaic style with long hair restrained by a thin fillet or wreath of water reeds. The portrait, likely depicting a local deity or heroic figure associated with Thasos, displays delicate facial features characteristic of late Classical Greek coinage. The hair falls in carefully articulated locks, framing the face in a manner consistent with Thasian artistic convention of the mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Herakles, clad in the Nemean lion's skin draped over his head and shoulders, kneels to right in the act of drawing his bow, his body rendered in dynamic tension. A race torch stands upright in the right field, serving as a distinctive Thasian symbol and identifying emblem. The entire composition is enclosed within a linear square border, a hallmark of Thasian coinage of this period. The ethnic legend ΘAΣION appears within the field, identifying the issuing city-state. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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