Description: Islands off Thrace, Thasos, ca. 390 - 335 BC. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ΘAΣ-I-O-N (counterclockwise); club and bow, dolphin right within bow.

Diameter: AE11 mm

Weight: 1,4 g

Grade: gF/VF

Attribution: Le Rider, Thasiennes 17-8 var. (symbol); HGC 6, 369 var. (same)

Commentary: rare; dark grey patina with contrasting deposits

History: In the 5th and 4th centuries BC Thasos was a battleground for dominance between Athens and Sparta and the rule over the island changed hands three times.

Article Number: 063-08-05-44408