I don't really understand why they are called imitative. Thasos sits on the shore of thrace, are there that much difference in art styles and traditions between the 2?
Check out the link I posted earlier. The author has a gif that shows the "evolution" of the coin through time.
Nice!! => wow 42BC => I love both of your coins, but I must agree that the imitative baby is just that much more cool, ya know? (super awesome example, congrats!!) ahaha, I was gonna show my example, but then I realized that this is my thread!! (awww, sweet Friday night ... we meet again, my gnarly ol' friend!!)
I agree, brassnautilus => that baby rocks!! ... beautiful obverse and the sweet grape-reverse!! (total winner)