Thasos, Ancient Coinage of, by Moushmov Number

The Ancient Coinage of Thasos

Listed by Moushmov Number

Including additional items for this online edition, with numbers in italics.

THASOS - Island off Thrace in the White (Aegean) Sea

(about 550 – 146 B.C.)

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Autonomous coins.

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Gold.

5630 Head of Herakles young, covered with lion’s skin, right. Rev. : ΘAΣION HΠEIPO. Tripod decorated with ribbon; in the margin – vase with 2 handles. 17 mm.

5631 Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles with lion’s skin on his head, kneeing on the ground with right knee, right, holding bow; in front – bunch of grapes. 13 mm.

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Silver. Period I.

5632 Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles with lion’s skin on his head, kneeing on the ground with right knee, holding bow right; in the margin – lyre. All in concave square. 23 mm.

5633 Another – similar, but shield instead of lyre.

5634 Another – similar with fly, or vase with two handles, or thunderbolt.

5635 Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : BΩA OATIΓOON (sic). Herakles with one of his khees on the ground, holding bow; in the margin – lizard. All in concave square. 18 mm.

5636 The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣION. The same image; in the margin – human’s head or dolphin. 15 mm.

5637 The same coin, in the margin – caduceus, cup and club, or lizard, grasshopper, lyre, branch or burning torch. 13 mm.

5638 The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles dressed with lion’s skin, with one of the knees on the ground, holding bow; in the margin – monogram HP. All in square made of 4 lines. 18 mm.

5639 The same, but with other monogram.

5640 Two-headed Silen. Rev. : ΘAΣI. Two vases; one of them is standing, and the other – inverted. All in concave square. 13 mm.

5641 Silen left, kneeing with one knee on the ground, holding in right hand vase with 2 handles. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Vase with 2 handles. 12 mm. Plate XXXV 7.

5642 Silen right, kneeing with one knee on the ground, holding his penis. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. 10 mm. Plate XXXV 8.

5643 Satir n\bearded naked, right knee on the ground, holding into his arms Menada. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. 8 – 24 mm. Plate XXXV 2 and LI 21 and 24.

5644 Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles with right knee on the ground, holding bow. 14 mm. Plate XXXV 5.

5645 Dolphing right. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. Plate LI 23.

5646 Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : ΘAΣION and club within wreath of ears or ivy wreath. 15 mm. Plate XXXV 6.

5647 Two fishes (dolphins) – one on top of the other, turned opposite. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. 8 mm. Plate LI 22.

5648 Silen’s head witout hair, bearded, with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : ΘAΣI. Two dolphins – one on top of the other, turned opposite, in concave square.

5649 Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath. Rev. : ΘAΣION in square divided into 4 parts. Within – Herakles naked with lion’s skin on his head, one of his knees on the ground, holding bow right. In the margin – owlet. 15 mm.

5650 Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath and vine, left. Rev. : Square: ΘA TION (sic). Herakles dressed with lion’s skin, kneeing, holding bow. In the margin – fish. 24 mm.

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Period II.

5651 Head of Dionysos young with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding in right hand club, and on his left hand is hanging lion’s skin. In the maring some monograms. 35 mm. Plate XXXV 1. Note. From the silver coins of period II are occurred many barbarian imitations, or the so-called Keltian coins, minted in the old days. Their badges: rough -hewn, and often there is poins instead of legend. Plate XXXV 9, 10, 12.

5652 Head of Dionysos with ivy wreath. Rev. : Two half-squatting one after another man’s naked figure; between their heads some object vase-shaped. Barbarian imitation. 33 mm. Plate XXXV 11.

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Bronze.

5653 Demeter’s veiled head right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right between two vines.

5654 Artemis’s bust with quiver on shoulder, right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN KHKI. Herakles standing with lion’s skin on his head, holding bow, right. Plate XXXV 4.

5655 Herakles’s head with lion’s skin, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Bow, cup and club.

5656 The same with prow, thyrsos and cart.

5657 The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Bow and club, two-handled vase above, Φ or monogram in the field.

5658 Youthful head right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN and club within laurel wreath.

5659 Dionysos’s unbearded head. Rev. : ΘAT.., Herakles with lion’s skin on his head, with one knee on the ground, holding bow; in the margin – bunch of grapes. All in square.

5660 Artemis’s bust with quiver on shoulder, holding bow. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN ΘEOΔΩ…Herakles standing with lion’s skin on his head, holding bow. Plate XXXIV 19.

5661 The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles with lion’s skin on his head advancing right, holding bow; in the margin – two monograms.

5662 Herakles’s bearded head, with lion’s skin. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Club and bow.

5663 The same head without beard. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Club and bow; sometimes above – bunch of grapes, rose or spade. Plate XXXIV 18.

5664 The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN AΦEIP…Club and bow.

5665 The same obverse. Rev. : ΔHMAPETOΣ ΘAΣIΩN and club in laurel wreath.

5666 Another with ΘAΣIΩN HΠEIPO. Club and bow.

5667 Dionysos’s head with ivy wreath. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. In laurel wreath.

5668 Vase with two handles. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Cornucopiae.

5669 Medusa’s head. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Lion turning its head toward a star.

5670 Head of Dionysos young with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XXXV 3. Note: There are barbarian imitations and modern copied of this type of coin.

Imperial bronze coins. HADRIANVS (117 – 138 A.D.

5671 AYTOKP ANT…His cuirassed bust right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XI 10.

CARACALLA (198 – 217 A.D.

5672 AYTOKP ANT…His cuirassed bust. Rev. : ΘACIΩN. Herakles standing, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XI 10.

GETA (209 – 212 A.D.

5673 ΠO ΓETAC KAICAP. His head. Rev. : ΘACIWN. Herakles advancing, turning, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XI 10.

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See also WildWinds' Thasos page

	THASOS - Island off Thrace in the White (Aegean) Sea
	(about 550 – 146 B.C.)
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	Autonomous coins.
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	Gold.
5630	Head of Herakles young, covered with lion’s skin, right. Rev. : ΘAΣION HΠEIPO. Tripod decorated with ribbon; in the margin – vase with 2 handles. 17 mm.
5631	Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles with lion’s skin on his head, kneeing on the ground with right knee, right, holding bow; in front – bunch of grapes. 13 mm.
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	Silver. Period I.
5632	Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles with lion’s skin on his head, kneeing on the ground with right knee, holding bow right; in the margin – lyre. All in concave square. 23 mm.
5633	Another – similar, but shield instead of lyre.
5634	Another – similar with fly, or vase with two handles, or thunderbolt.
5635	Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : BΩA OATIΓOON (sic). Herakles with one of his khees on the ground, holding bow; in the margin – lizard. All in concave square. 18 mm.
5636	The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣION. The same image; in the margin – human’s head or dolphin. 15 mm.
5637	The same coin, in the margin – caduceus, cup and club, or lizard, grasshopper, lyre, branch or burning torch. 13 mm.
5638	The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles dressed with lion’s skin, with one of the knees on the ground, holding bow; in the margin – monogram HP. All in square made of 4 lines. 18 mm.
5639	The same, but with other monogram.
5640	Two-headed Silen. Rev. : ΘAΣI. Two vases; one of them is standing, and the other – inverted. All in concave square. 13 mm.
5641	Silen left, kneeing with one knee on the ground, holding in right hand vase with 2 handles. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Vase with 2 handles. 12 mm. Plate XXXV 7.
5642	Silen right, kneeing with one knee on the ground, holding his penis. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. 10 mm. Plate XXXV 8.
5643	Satir n\bearded naked, right knee on the ground, holding into his arms Menada. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. 8 – 24 mm. Plate XXXV 2 and LI 21 and 24.
5644	Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Herakles with right knee on the ground, holding bow. 14 mm. Plate XXXV 5.
5645	Dolphing right. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. Plate LI 23.
5646	Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : ΘAΣION and club within wreath of ears or ivy wreath. 15 mm. Plate XXXV 6.
5647	Two fishes (dolphins) – one on top of the other, turned opposite. Rev. : Concave square divided into 4 parts. 8 mm. Plate LI 22.
5648	Silen’s head witout hair, bearded, with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : ΘAΣI. Two dolphins – one on top of the other, turned opposite, in concave square.
5649	Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath. Rev. : ΘAΣION in square divided into 4 parts. Within – Herakles naked with lion’s skin on his head, one of his knees on the ground, holding bow right. In the margin – owlet. 15 mm.
5650	Head of Dionysos Indian with ivy wreath and vine, left. Rev. : Square: ΘA TION (sic). Herakles dressed with lion’s skin, kneeing, holding bow. In the margin – fish. 24 mm.
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	Period II.
5651	Head of Dionysos young with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding in right hand club, and on his left hand is hanging lion’s skin. In the maring some monograms. 35 mm. Plate XXXV 1. Note. From the silver coins of period II are occurred many barbarian imitations, or the so-called Keltian coins, minted in the old days. Their badges: rough -hewn, and often there is poins instead of legend. Plate XXXV 9, 10, 12.
5652	Head of Dionysos with ivy wreath. Rev. : Two half-squatting one after another man’s naked figure; between their heads some object vase-shaped. Barbarian imitation. 33 mm. Plate XXXV 11.
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	Bronze.
5653	Demeter’s veiled head right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right between two vines.
5654	Artemis’s bust with quiver on shoulder, right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN KHKI. Herakles standing with lion’s skin on his head, holding bow, right. Plate XXXV 4.
5655	Herakles’s head with lion’s skin, left. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Bow, cup and club.
5656	The same with prow, thyrsos and cart.
5657	The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Bow and club, two-handled vase above, Φ or monogram in the field.
5658	Youthful head right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN and club within laurel wreath.
5659	Dionysos’s unbearded head. Rev. : ΘAT.., Herakles with lion’s skin on his head, with one knee on the ground, holding bow; in the margin – bunch of grapes. All in square.
5660	Artemis’s bust with quiver on shoulder, holding bow. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN ΘEOΔΩ…Herakles standing with lion’s skin on his head, holding bow. Plate XXXIV 19.
5661	The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles with lion’s skin on his head advancing right, holding bow; in the margin – two monograms.
5662	Herakles’s bearded head, with lion’s skin. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Club and bow.
5663	The same head without beard. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Club and bow; sometimes above – bunch of grapes, rose or spade. Plate XXXIV 18.
5664	The same obverse. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN AΦEIP…Club and bow.
5665	The same obverse. Rev. : ΔHMAPETOΣ ΘAΣIΩN and club in laurel wreath.
5666	Another with ΘAΣIΩN HΠEIPO. Club and bow.
5667	Dionysos’s head with ivy wreath. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. In laurel wreath.
5668	Vase with two handles. Rev. : ΘAΣION. Cornucopiae.
5669	Medusa’s head. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Lion turning its head toward a star.
5670	Head of Dionysos young with ivy wreath, right. Rev. : HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing left, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XXXV 3. Note: There are barbarian imitations and modern copied of this type of coin.
Imperial bronze coins. HADRIANVS (117 – 138 A.D.
5671	AYTOKP ANT…His cuirassed bust right. Rev. : ΘAΣIΩN. Herakles standing, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XI 10.
CARACALLA (198 – 217 A.D.
5672	AYTOKP ANT…His cuirassed bust. Rev. : ΘACIΩN. Herakles standing, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XI 10.
GETA (209 – 212 A.D.
5673	ΠO ΓETAC KAICAP. His head. Rev. : ΘACIWN. Herakles advancing, turning, holding club and lion’s skin. Plate XI 10.
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