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Thasos in Thrace, Silver stater

Thasos in Thrace - 463 to 449 BC - Silver stater

This type is normally attributed to Thasos, but from what I have been told these coins are not actually found on the Island of Thasos, but rather on the mainland opposite the Island and may be a local tribal coinage of that region.

Denomination: Silver stater     Mint: Thasos(?)

Date: 463 to 449 BC

Size: 19.7 x 21.1 mm     Weight: 9.04 grams

Reference: Sear-1764, SNG Delepierre-822

Grade: VF with a strong strike and nicely centered for the issue, very good metal quality

Obverse: Naked Satyr carrying a struggling nymph

Reverse: Quadripart square

Order Number # grthasos02       $925.00

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