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Tetradrachm
| Emittent | Thasos (Thracian Islands) |
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| Jahr | 404 BC - 355 BC |
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| Form | Round (irregular) |
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| Reversbeschreibung | A nude, bearded Satyr depicted in the kneeling-running pose (Knielauf convention), advancing to the right with a kantharos (drinking cup) held in his extended right hand and a striated staff or thyrsos in his left. The figure is rendered with vigorous musculature and dynamic movement, occupying the full field of the flan. The ethnic legend ΘΑΣΙΟΝ is inscribed vertically along the left field in archaic Greek capitals, identifying the issuing city of Thasos. The incuse square characteristic of early Greek coinage is partially visible in the fabric of the flan. |
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| Reverslegende | ΘΑΣΙΟΝ |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Thasian silver tetradrachms of this period draw directly from the island's extraordinary wealth in Aegean trade and the gold and silver mines of the Thracian mainland opposite — resources coveted enough that Athens forcibly expelled Thasian colonists from Amphipolis in the fifth century. The coinage itself follows an archaic stylistic convention long after mainland mints had modernized, a deliberate conservatism that likely aided commercial recognition across the northern Aegean trading networks.
The span of this issue overlaps with Thasos's recovery of autonomy following the Peloponnesian War, when the island shifted allegiances repeatedly between Athens and Sparta.