Drachm

Features

Issuer	Thasos (Thracian Islands)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	404 BC - 355 BC
Value	Drachm (1)
Currency	Chian-Rhodian drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.85 g
Diameter	14 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 556005
References	West# 32 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. , BMC Greek# 48 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , McClean# 4210 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Le Rider Thasiennes# 19 Georges Le Rider; 1968. “Les monnaies Thasiennes”, Guide de Thasos, pages 185-191. , HGC 6# 345 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. , CN type# 21464 Corpus Nummorum Online (https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/)

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Obverse

Bearded head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath.

Reverse

Herakles, wearing lion skin, kneeling right, drawing bow; kantharos to right; all within linear square in shallow square incuse.

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 (404 BC - 355 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 76 Lot 232	12 Sep 2007	XF	USD 5000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Leu 91 (10 May 2004), lot 93
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 216 Lot 2218	15 Oct 2013	VF	USD 1046.11 (EUR 900.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung