Live auction - bgr_541694 - THRACE - THRACIAN ISLANDS - THASOS Obole
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 360 € |
| Maximum bid : | 360 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 September 2019 14:09:40 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Obole
Date: c. 411-404 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Thasos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 0,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait finement détaillé du Silène. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Très jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis auprès de Münzentrum en janvier 2007 et provient de MONNAIES 51, n° 61
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Silène barbue à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux dauphins superposés et opposés.
Reverse legend : Q-A.
Reverse translation : (Thasos).
Commentary
Poids très léger. C’est l’une des monnaies divisionnaires grecques les plus petites frappées pour Thasos. Le style du portrait est tout à fait extraordinaire, traité sur une si petite surface, la tête de Silène est ornée d’oreilles d’âne. Le poids et le nom de cette dénomination restent à déterminer. La présence de deux dauphins semble indiquer que ce type vaut deux unités. Si la monnaie à la tête de nymphe est bien une hemiobole, notre type à la tête de Silène est une obole bien que la différence de poids soit peu marquée, 0,25 g pour l’hemiobole et 0,40 g pour l’obole dans notre cas, mais confirmé par les exemplaires de la collection Pozzi (SB. 2394, 0,40 g et SB. 2395, 0,25 g).
Historical background
THRACE - THRACIAN ISLANDS - THASOS
(411-363 BC)
Thasos was colonized by Ionians coming from Paros and was also visited by Phoenician sailors. The Sintian tribe occupied the island previously. The wealth of Thasos was proverbial thanks to the gold and silver mines of the island and neighboring Pangea which provided him with 200 to 300 talents of annual resources according to Herodian (VI, 46). During the revolt of Thrace in 498 BC. -VS. against the Persian Empire, Darius I (521-486 AC. ) wanted to impose the city. After the Persian Wars, Thasos entered into the Athenian alliance and the proceeds of the mines were diverted to benefit first the Delian League, then Athens directly. In 411 BC. -VS. , Thasos revolted and drove out the Athenians who were immediately replaced by a Spartan garrison. After 357 BC. -VS. , Thasos fell under Macedonian rule. It regained part of its independence with the death of Lysimachus in 281 BC.. -VS. After the defeat of Cynoscephales in 197 BC. -VS. , Thasos became autonomous again. From 148 or 146 BC. -VS. , the Roman Senate authorized Thasos and Maronea to mint wide blank tetradrachms which were minted in very large quantities and imitated in the Balkans until the end of the 1st century BC.. -VS.
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