Ancient Coinage of Thasos, Thrace

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Note: There are three types of the "satyr carrying off a nymph" silver coin types which help to date them: 1. Early issues (ca 550-478 BC) show the nymph's raised hand with palm and thumb only, like a wide V. 2. Intermediate issues (ca 480­404 BC) show her raised hand with three or four fingers and a thumb. 3. Late issues (ca 411-371 BC) have the nymph's hand on the shoulder behind the satyr's head.
SILVER AND GOLD ISSUES
Asyut 100Thasos, Stater. Intermediate issue, 480­404 BC. 8.9 g, 22 mm. Ithyphallic satyr running right, carrying off a nymph, her right hand showing four fingers and a thumb. / Quadripartite incuse. Asyut hoard 100-126; Svoronos PL. X, 1-2.TextImage
Berlin 8 varThasos, Island of Thrace. AV hemidrachm. ca 380 BC. 3.95g. Bearded head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy / ΘAΣION, Herakles in long chiton and with lionskin headdress kneeling right, drawing bow. K in right field, all within linear square in an incuse square. Berlin 8 var (Θ on rev.); West pl. 4, 30 var in NNM 40; (ditto).TextImage
Berlin 32Thasos, Island of Thrace. AR hemiobol, ca. 400 BC. 0.30 g. Archaic female head left, wearing hair band / ΘA beneath dolphin swimming left, all within incuse square. Berlin 32; Traité II-4, 1138.TextImage
Berlin 91Thasos, AR Tetradrachm struck after 148 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing left, leaning on a club and holding lionskin, H to left. Berlin 91; BMC 78 var. TextImage
BMC 5
Sear SG 1357
Thasos AR stater, early issue, ca 550-478 BC. AR Stater. Naked ithyphallic satyr carrying off a nymph who raises her arm in protest, raised hand with palm and thumb only. / Quadrapartite incuse square. BMC 5; Weber 2500. TextImage
BMC 18aThasos, Thrace; 500-465 BC; AR Obol 0,51 g. Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions, three dots around / Quaripartite incuse square. BMC 18a.TextImage
BMC 19Thasos, Thrace. Ca 463-411 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.33 gm). Dolphin leaping right; dot above and below / Quadripartite incuse square. SNGCop -. TextImage
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BMC 19vThasos, Thrace AR Hemiobol. Dolphin right / quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
BMC 22Thrace, Islands off, Thasos AR Hemiobol. ca 435-411 BC. Two dolphins, one above the other, swimming in opposite directions, two dots below / quadripartite incuse square. BMC 22, Moushmov 5647. TextImage
BMC 22aThasos, Islands of Thrace, AR Hemiobol. ca 435-411 BC. Dolphin swimming right, dot above and below / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC 22a.TextImage
BMC 22 varThasos, Islands of Thrace, AR Hemiobol. ca 435-411 BC. Dolphin swimming left, two dots below / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 10 var; HGC 6, 338 var; BMC 22-23 var (all with dolphin right).TextImage
BMC 24
Sear SG 1746-1747
Thrace, Island, Thasos. Ca 435-411 BC. AR Stater, intermediate issue. Satyr running right, carrying off protesting nymph, her hand with four fingers and thumb / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC 24.TextImage
BMC 28Thasos, Thrace, AR stater. 21.43 mm. 465-411 BC. 8.65 g. Ithyphallic satyr running right in a crouching posture with nymph who is raising right arm in protest. Θ below / Quadripartite incuse square. BMC 28; Traité II-4, 1123.TextImage
BMC 41Thasos. Circa 411-350 BC. AR Drachm. Wreathed head of Dionysos left / ΘAΣ-ION Herakles kneeling right in archer's stance, drawing bow; salamander above knee. West 7. TextImage
BMC 43Thrace, Islands off, Thasos AR Drachm. ca 411-350 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos left / ΘAΣ-ION, Herakles kneeling right in archer's stance, drawing bow; cicada/grasshopper above knee. West 4. TextImage
BMC 53Thasos, Thrace AR Obol. 450-425 BC. Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos / ΘAΣIΩN, amphora. Grose McClean 4217. TextImage
BMC 57Thasos, Thrace, AR Obol. 400-350 BC. Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos, barleycorn to left / ΘAΣIΩN, amphora. TextImage
BMC 58Thasos, Thrace, AR Trihemiobol, 411-350 AD, 0.58g. Satyr kneeling right on one knee, holding kantharos / ΘAΣ-IΩN, Amphora. TextImage
BMC 72
Sear SG 1759
Thasos, Thrace, after 148 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing left, with club and lionskin, M to left. TextImage
BMC 73Thasos, Thrace, 168-148 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ to left and right of Herakles, standing left, resting on club, lionskin draped over left arm; M at inner left, ΘAΣIΩN below. BMC 73; SNG Cop. 1039; Le Rider, Thasiennes 51.TextImage
BMC 74Thasos, Thrace, AR Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN to left, right and beneath Herakles standing facing, naked, head left, holding club and lion skin. MH monogram to left. BMC 74; Sear Greek 1759.TextImage
BMC 78Thasos, Thrace, after 148 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing left, with club and lionskin, reversed Π to left. TextImage
Kraay 520Thasos, Island of Thrace AR Stater. Intermediate issue, ca 460 BC. Satyr carrying off protesting nymph (five fingers and thumb) / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Cop 1010-1012. TextImage
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LeRider 6vThasos, Thrace. Circa 435-411 BC. AR Stater. Satyr running right, carrying off protesting nymph; S to right / Quadripartite incuse square. McClean 4199. TextImage
Rosen 144Thasos, Thrace, AR trihemiobol, ca 500-480 BC. 13 mm, 1.02 g. Ithyphallic satyr running right. / Quadripartite incuse square. HGC 6, 333. Le Rider, Thasiennes 4. Rosen 144. TextImage
Rosen 145Thasos, Thrace, AR Trihemiobol. Circa 525-463 BC. Satyr running right / quadripartite incuse square.Text
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Rosen 146Thasos, Thrace. Circa 463-411 BC. AR Obol (0.41 gm). Dolphin leaping left over another leaping right; pellet above and below / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
Sear SG 1748Thasos, Thrace. AR Drachm ca 412-404 BC. 15.5mm, 3.44 g. Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph, her arm around his shoulder / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 7; Hoover HGC 335; Sear SG 1748.TextImage
Sear SG 1755Thasos Thrace. Circa 411-340 BC. AR Trihemiobol 12 mm, 0.83 g. Bald satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos in his right hand and resting his left on his hip. / ΘAΣ-IΩN, Large amphora with high handles. BMC 53; Le Rider, Thasiennes, 27; SNG Cop 1029-1030; Sear SG 1755.TextImage
Sear SG 1756Thasos, Thrace. AR Tritemorion or hemiobol, ca 411-340 BC. 8 mm, 0.37 g. Bearded head of a satyr right / ΘA-ΣI, two dolphins swimming right and left. Sear SG 1756; Le Rider, Thasiennes, 12; SNG Cop 1033.TextImage
Sear SG 1757Thasos, Thrace, hemiobol, 8 mm. 0.27 g. ca 412-404 BC. Head of a nymph left / ΘAΣ, dolphin left. SNG Cop. 1035; SNG Oxford 3666; HGC 6, 341; Le Rider, Thasiennes 13; Sear SG 1757; BMC 64. TextImage
SNG Cop Supp 103Thasos, Thrace AR Stater. Circa 435-411 BC. Satyr running right, carrying off protesting nymph, her hand behind the satyr's neck. A to upper left / Quadripartite incuse square. LeRider 6, Gulbenkian_464, Kraay 521. TextImage
SNG Cop 1007Thasos, Thrace AR Stater. Circa 525-500 BC. Satyr running right, carrying off protesting nymph / Rough quadripartite incuse square. Svoronos 1. TextImage
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SNG Cop 1008Thasos, Thrace AR Stater. ca 525-463 BC. Ithyphallic satyr carrying off protesting nymph (open hand showing thumb and one finger only) / Quadripartite incuse square. Dewing 1312-1313, LeRider 2, SNG Ashmolean 3643, TextImage
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SNG Cop 1008ffThasos, Thrace. Circa 525-463 BC. AR Stater (8.71 gm). Satyr carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
SNG Cop 1009Thasos, Thrace. Early issue. Circa 525-463 BC. AR Stater (8.74 gm). Nude, ithyphallic satyr carrying off protesting nymph to right, her hand showing only one finger and thumb. / Quadripartite incuse. TextImage
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SNG Cop 1010Thasos, Thrace. Intermediate issue ca 480­404 BC. AR Stater 8.57 g. Satyr right, carrying off protesting nymph, her hand shown as four fingers and a thumb. / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
SNG Cop 1011Thasos, Thrace. Circa 525-463 BC. AR Stater. Satyr right, carrying off protesting nymph, her hand shown as four fingers and a thumb. / Quadripartite incuse square.TextImage
SNG Cop 1012Thasos AR Stater. c550-463 BC. Satyr carrying off a nymph with upraised hand, hand shown as four fingers and a thumb. / quadripartite incuse. TextImage
SNG Cop 1013Thasos AR Stater. 525-463 BC. Satyr carrying off protesting nymph, hand shown as four fingers and a thumb, Θ below / Quadripartite incuse square. Kraay, ACGC, 520. TextImage
SNG Cop 1017Thasos, Thrace. c435-411 BC. AR Stater. Satyr carrying off protesting nymph, dolphin in right field / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
SNG Cop 1018Thasos, Thrace. c500 BC. AR Stater. Satyr carrying off protesting nymph, her arm behind his shoulder. / Quadripartite incuse square. Kraay, ACGC, 519. TextImage
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SNG Cop 1019Thasos AR Drachm. Circa 463-411 BC. Satyr facing, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
SNG Cop 1020Thasos, ca 463-411 BC, AR Obol. Two leaping dolphins, the top one leaping right, the bottom one leaping left / Quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
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SNG Cop 1021cfThasos, ca 463-411 BC, AR Hemiobol. Two leaping dolphins, top one leaping left, bottom leaping right / Quadripartite incuse square. Sear 1359cf. TextImage
SNG Cop 1023cfThasos. c390-380 BC. AR Drachm. Bearded head of Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy leaves / ΘAΣ-IOY, Herakles kneeling right in archer’s stance, drawing bow; caduceus before. West 21. TextImage
SNG Cop 1023vThasos, Thrace AR Drachm. ca 411-340 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos left / Herakles crouching right, drawing bow; caduceus to right; all within incuse square. Le Rider 19 var, McClean 4211. TextImage
SNG Cop 1029Thasos. ca 411-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol. Nude satyr kneeling left, three quarters facing, holding kantharos / ΘAΣIΩN, Amphora. TextImage
SNG Cop 1030Thasos, Thrace. Circa 411-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol. Satyr running left, holding kylix / Amphora. TextImage
SNG Cop 1031Thasos. Circa 411-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.79 g). Satyr kneeling right, seen from behind, looking right over his shoulder, holding kantharos / Amphora. Dewing 1329. TextImage
SNG Cop 1032Thasos, Thrace. ca 411-350 BC. AR Trihemiobol. Satyr running left, holding kantharos, corn-ear to left. / ΘAΣIΩN, amphora. TextImage
SNG Cop 1033Thasos, Thrace AR Tritemorion. 411-350 BC. Head of bald and bearded Satyr right / Θ-A-Σ-(I), two dolphins swimming left and right, one above the other. BMC 60; Le Rider, Thasiennes 12; HGC 6, 340; SNG Cop 1033-1034. TextImage
SNG Cop 1035Thasos, Thrace AR Hemiobol. 7 mm. ca 411-350 BC. Diademed head of Dionysos left / Θ-A-Σ, dolphin swimming left. SNG Cop 1035; Le Rider, Thasiennes 13; Hoover HGC 34. TextImage
SNG Cop 1036Thasos AR Hemidrachm. After 280 BC. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos right / ΘAΣIΩN, club in wreath. TextImage
SNG Cop 1037Thasos, Thrace AR drachm. Roman times. Head of Dionysos right / ΘAΣIΩN, Hercules standing, holding club to left. TextImage
SNGCop 1038Thasos, island off Thrace, AR Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles, naked, standing left leaning on a club and holding a lionskin, ΔI monogram to left. TextImage
SNG Cop 1039Thasos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Wreathed head of Dionysos right / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, nude Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin; M before. TextImage
SNG Cop 1040Thasos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy leaves / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, nude Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin, MH monogram to left. Dewing 1344, BMC 74, SNG Oxford 3693. TextImage
SNG Cop 1043Thrace, Islands off, Thasos AR Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Nude Herakles standing left, holding club and lionskin; M before. TextImage
SNG Cop 1046Thasos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy leaves / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, nude Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin, MΔHT monogram to left. TextImage
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SNG Cop 1046v-1Thasos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy leaves / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin, HΛP monogram to left. TextImage
SNG Ox 3699Thasos, Thrace AR Tetradrachm. After ca 146 BC. Head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy leaves and berries / HΡAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTH ΡOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles standing left, resting right hand on club, lionskin draped over left arm, H in inner left field. SNG Oxford 3699. TextImage
Svoronos 2Thrace - Thasos. 480-460 B.C. AR Stater. Naked, ithyphallic, long-haired and hooved satyr right, carrying off a peplos-clad, long-haired nymph, right hand shown as one finger and thumb / Quadripartite incuse square. Svoronos 2; Dewing 1311; Hoover HGC 331. TextImage
Svoronos 7Thasos, Thrace AR Stater. Early issue. ca 520-465 BC. Nude, ithyphallic Silenus running right, carrying off a protesting nymph, right hand shown as one finger and thumb. / Quadripartite incuse, partially filled. Asyut 100-128. TextImage
Svoronos 8Thasos, Thrace AR Stater. ca 520/10–465 BC. Nude, ithyphallic silenus running right, carrying off a gesticulating nymph with hand simplified as V-shape / Mill sail incuse. Traite I 1743. TextImage
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Svoronos 14Thasos, Thrace. 480-460 BC. AR Stater. Naked, long-haired, ithypallic, hooved satyr, running right, carrying off a peplos-clad, long-haired nymph in his arms TextImage
Svoronos 23Thasos, Thrace AR Stater. ca 411–404 BC. Nude satyr running right, carrying off a nymph, dolphin downwards behind her shoulder / Mill sail incuse. SNG Lockett 1220. TextImage
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Svoronos 31Thasos, Thrace AR Drachm. 435-411 BC. Nude satyr running right, carrying off a nymph, her right hand outstretched behind his shoulder / Mill sail incuse. Dewing 1325. TextImage
Traite II-4 1131Thasos, Thrace, AR Drachm, 410 BC. Ithyphallic satyr kneeling right and carrying off a nymph / quadripartite incuse square. TextImage
Traite II-4 1136Thasos, Thrace; 411-350 BC; AR hemiobol, 0,40gr. Bearded, horned head of Satyr right / Θ-AΣI, two dolphins swimming in opposite directions. Traite 1136.TextImage
Traite II-4 1138Thasos; Thrace; 411-350 BC; AR hemiobol or Tetartermorion, 0,18gr. Head of nymph left, wearing hair-band, hair in a bun behind her head / ΘA beneath dolphin swimming left, all in shallow incuse. Traite IV 1138; Berlin 32-38.TextImage
Traite II-4 1152Thrace, Thasos AR trihemiobol, ca 380 BC; 0,78 gr. Satyr, naked, with horse's tail, kneeling left on one knee, holding kantharos / ΘAΣIΩN, kantharos. Traité II-4 1152.TextImage
Traite 1745Thasos, Thrace. AR stater, intermediate issue, 480­404 BC. 8.76 g. Ithyphallic satyr kneeling-running right, carrying off protesting nymph, her raised hand showing five fingers. / Quadripartite incuse square. Traité II, 1745; Luynes 1799; Dewing 1323. SNG Cop -.TextImage
BRONZE ISSUES
BMC 96Thasos, Island of Thrace. AE autonomous issue. ca 300 BC. 4.48 g. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / ΘAΣIΩN, between bow and club, amphora above, ΠHAΡ monogram below. BMC 96; SNG Cop 1054; Berlin 114.TextImage
BMC 105Thasos, Thrace, AE21, civic issue. 2nd-1st Century BC. 7.48 g. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles, naked but for lionskin around neck and over shoulders, standing right, holding bow, about to shoot an arrow. KMAE monogram in right field, (possibly a second unclear monogram in outer left field). BMC 105; Mionnet Supp. II, 35; Smolyan Museum 1171.TextImage
BMC 106Thasos, AE20 civic issue, ca. 150-42 BC. 8.42 g. Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder. / ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles walking right, holding drawn bow. YΦ monogram in right field. BMC 106: Smolyan 1167; Strashimir hoard 651.TextImage
LeRider 62Thasos, AE20 civic issue, ca. 150-42 BC. 9.69 g. Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder. / ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles walking right, holding drawn bow. ΘΔ and plant (?) in right field. LeRider 62; Lanz 154, 74.TextImage
Nomos 7, 39Thasos, AE20 civic issue, ca. 150-42 BC. 6.79 g. Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder. / ΘAΣIΩN Aω, Herakles walking right, holding drawn bow. ΩΦZ monogram (Φ sideways) in right field. Possibly unpublished monogram. Nomos 7, 39.TextImage
Paris 2116Thasos, AE20 civic issue, ca. 150-42 BC. 8.33 g. Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder. / ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles walking right, holding drawn bow. ΔΠΛYΡ monogram in right field. Paris 2116; Hoover HGC type 364.TextImage
Paris Y12500Thasos, AE20 civic issue, ca. 150-42 BC. 7.85 g. Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder. / ΘAΣIΩN, Herakles walking right, holding drawn bow. NE monogram in right field. Paris Y12500; SNG Evelpidis 1107; Righetti IV, 205.TextImage
Paris Y12506Thasos, AE20 civic issue, ca. 150-42 BC. 6.99 g. Draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder. / ΘAΣIΩN Aω, Herakles walking right, holding drawn bow. ΩΡN monogram (ΡN sideways) in right field. Paris Y12506.TextImage
Sear SG 1763Thasos, Thrace. 2nd Century BC. AE 22mm. Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter right / ΘAΣION, jugate busts of the Dioskuri right; all within wreath. Le Rider 40, BMC 102; Winterthur 1305.TextImage
SNG Cop 1060Thasos, Thrace, AE civic issue, after 148 BC. 3.32 g. Archaic bust of Artemis left. / ΘACI-H (retrograde), rudimentary figure of Herakles standing right, holding drawn bow, club at foot right. SNG Cop. 1060 (same dies).TextImage
Traite II-4 1159-1Thasos. Before 350 BC. AE 10mm. Bearded head of Herakles right, in lion skin headdress / ΘAΣION, club and bow; amphora within bow. Traite IV, 1159, type 1. TextImage
Traite II-4 1159, 8Thasos, Thrace. Before 350 BC. AE 11mm. Bearded head of Herakles right, in lionskin headdress / ΘAΣION, club and bow, cross in circle below. Traite 1159, type 8.TextImage
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
LeRider 71Septimius Severus, AE18 of Thasos, Thrace. AYTOKΡAT CEBHΡOC, laureate head right / ΘACIΩN, Herakles standing left, holding club and lionskin. Moushmov-; Varbanov-; Le Rider Pl. V No. 71. (same dies).TextImage
GETA
Varbanov 3003Geta, AE19 of Thasos, Thrace. AD 209-211. 3.28 g. ΠO C ΓETAC KAICAΡ, bare-headed, draped bust right. / ΘACIωN, Herakles walking right, resting holding club and lionskin. Varbanov 3003 corr. (CE); BMC 111.TextImage
See also See the Thasos list on Moushmov Online
Entry for Thasos, Thrace on the Digital Historia Numorum

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