Greece ancient - THRACE - Thasos - Diobole AR - (. c 500-470 BC) - Rare - (VF/VF). 

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Greece ancient - THRACE - Thasos - Diobole AR - (. c 500-470 BC) - Rare - (VF/VF).
Greece ancient - THRACE - Thasos - Diobole AR - (. c 500-470 BC) - Rare - (VF/VF).
Greece ancient - THRACE - Thasos - Diobole AR - (. c 500-470 BC) - Rare - (VF/VF).Greece ancient - THRACE - Thasos - Diobole AR - (. c 500-470 BC) - Rare - (VF/VF).

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6197769
Area
Coins
Title
Greece ancient - THRACE - Thasos - Diobole AR - (. c 500-470 BC) - Rare - (VF/VF).
Country
Greece (ancient)
Face value
Hemidrachma
Year
Variety / overstrike
Era
Head of State
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
0.80
Diameter
10 mm
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Reverse
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Details

Obverse: Half kneeling ithyphallic satyr running to the right. Reverse: Quadripartite hollow square. Rare type R1. Cf: SNG Cop. 194; Rosen 145; SNG Lockett 1329. Exemplary on a perfectly centered and balanced flan. Piece of a very nice archaic style. Slightly porous, a dark gray patina covers the entire piece. Slightly toned. Thasos, located on the island of the same name, was a rich and powerful city. It concealed important gold mines and money, which aroused lust of its neighbors, Persians and Athenians, among others ... This archaic type must be placed in one of the oldest coinage periods On this copy, the turgid penis of the satyr is clearly visible, despite the small size of the room.

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