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᷅ SOLD: Islands off Thrace, Thasos, AR Sixteenth Stater – Obol, Dolphin, c. 500-480 BC

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Information: Dates back to the archaic period, during which the earliest greek coins were struck
Origin: Islands off Thrace, Thasos
Denomination: AR Sixteenth Stater – Obol
Composition: Silver
Date: circa 500-480 BC
Obverse: Dolphin left; below, two pellets
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square
Size: 8.50mm, 0.35g
Grade: aVF, toned, light porosity
Rarity: rare
Rarity Details: variant with dolphin left
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 407 (11 October 2017), Lot 46
References: Le Rider Thasiennes 10 var. (dolphin right); HGC 6, 338 var. (same); CNG 73, lot 107; cf. Svoronos HPM, pl. 10, 26 (dolphin right, pellet above / below); SNG Copenhagen -; SGCV I -
General: Thasos (Θάσος) is the northern most island of Greece. First colonised by the Phoenicians, likely due to its gold mines, it was also well known in antiquity for its nuts, wine and marble. The Roman senator, Gaius Cassius Longinus, brother in law to Brutus and co-conspirator in the plot to assasinate Julius Caesar was buried on the island.
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