bgr_354177 - THRACE - THRACIAN ISLANDS - THASOS Statère
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Price : 420.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 420.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 490-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thasos, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : - h.
Weight : ,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan quadrangulaire très irrégulier, légèrement décentré sur la nymphe. à l’usure importante. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Satyre ithyphallique à demi agenouillé courant à droite, prenant une nymphe par la taille.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
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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