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Thasos, Islands off Thrace, c. 200 - 180 B.C.
Thasian wine was quite famous in antiquity, which explains why the obverse of this type depicts the head of the wine god Dionysos. The club on the reverse is the club of Herakles, whose worship on Thasos had most ancient origins. Thasos was first colonized at an early date by Phoenicians; they founded a temple to the god Melqart. The temple still existed in the time of Herodotus (c. 484 - 425 B.C.). The Greeks identified Melqart as "Tyrian Heracles" and his cult was merged with Heracles in the course of the island's Hellenization.GS87874. Silver hemidrachm, SNG Cop 1036; SNG Dewing 1335; BMC Thrace p. 222, 66; Le Rider 48; HGC 6 355 (R1) corr. (listed as a drachm), VF, toned, light marks and scratches, porosity, Thasos mint, weight 1.652g, maximum diameter 14.0mm, die axis 0o, c. 200 - 180 B.C.; obverse wreathed and bearded head of Dionysos right; reverse ΘAΣI/ΩN above and below club in wreath; ex Beast Coins; rare; SOLD
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