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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1919851, member: 15445&quot;]The coins of Thasos certainly advertise &amp; promote Thasos as a place to visit.&nbsp; My want list still includes one or more Thasos coins depicting satyr &amp; nymph.&nbsp; The devices depicted on the coins of Thasos are certainly a plug to promote tourism in Thasos are they not?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Thasos coin I recently purchased depicts Dionysus.&nbsp; Again, this is a plug to promote tourism to Thasos is it not?&nbsp; I mean the guy is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking, ritual madness, and ecstasy in Greek mythology.&nbsp; Apparently, there was Wine, Merry Making, Theater, and Ecstasy available in Thasos right?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I should be receiving this coin next Tuesday so this thread is started with the seller’s photo.&nbsp; My photos depicting how the coin appears in hand (for better or worse) should be added here next Tuesday.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]329696[/ATTACH]</p><p><i><font size="3">Preliminary coin label</font></i></p><p>THRACE, Thasos</p><p>Tetradrachm (After 146 BC).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>16.72 grams,&nbsp; 31 mm</p><p>Obv: Wreathed head of Dionysus right. </p><p>Rev: Hercules standing left, holding club and lion&#039;s skin with control monogram. HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN.</p><p>Grade: gVF to aEF</p><p>Other: SNG Cop 1046ff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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