bgr_925649 - THRACE - THRACIAN ISLANDS - THASOS Dixième de statère ou trihemiobole
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Type : Dixième de statère ou trihemiobole
Date: c. 480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thasos, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Weight : 0,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, court, centré des deux côtés. Joli satyre. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Satyre ithyphallique à demi agenouillé courant à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Commentary
Notre type archaïque doit être placé dans l’une des périodes les plus anciennes du monnayage et c’est bien un trihémiobole.
Historical background
THRACE - THRACIAN ISLANDS - THASOS
(525-463 BC)
Thasos, located on the island of the same name, concealed important metal mines which aroused the covetousness of its neighbours. During the Persian Wars (490-480 AC.), it was occupied by the Persians which could explain the use of the Babylonian standard. In 463 BC, conquered by Cimon, it fell under the control of Athens and followed its destiny. The city only regained its independence in 411 BC..
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