Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Thasos (Thracian Islands)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	355 BC - 340 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	7 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 447981
References	West# 42 Allen Brown West; 1929. Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast / Volume 40. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , Nanteuil# 729 Henri Joseph de la Barre de Nanteuil, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.); 1925. Collection de monnaies grecques H. de Nanteuil. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (2 volumes). , Traité IV# 1147 Ernest Babelon; 1932. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.4 Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce septentrionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , CN type# 20907 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/) , HGC 6# 353 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. , Le Rider Thasiennes# 31 Georges Le Rider; 1968. “Les monnaies Thasiennes”, Guide de Thasos, pages 185-191.

Obverse

Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy leaves with berries at his forehead.

Reverse

Heracles kneeling right, wearing lion skin, drawing bow; to right, monogram; all within linear square.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΘΑΣΙΟΝ

Mint

Thasos, Insula Thraciae, modern-day Island of Thasos, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (355 BC - 340 BC)

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