Thasos, Dionysus / Herkules

Its the classic Satyr, ahhem, ...helping the Nymph...at least that the PC desrciption.

 

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exactly, TJC => my example was also a sneaky, cheatin' Maroneia (my bad)

Wow Ancient Aussie, good call => somehow I forgot that I had one of those beauties?!!

Hey gang, apparently I do have a Thasos!!

 

THASOS
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Naked satyr running right carrying struggling nymph
REVERSE: Quadripartite incluse Square
Struck at Thasos, 463-411 BC
3.40g, 15.9mm
Sear 174
Ex Ancientnoob


ISLAND OFF THRACE THASOS
AR Trihemiobol
OBVERSE: Satyr running left in three-quarter view, holding kylix
REVERSE: ΘΑΣ − ΙΩΝ Amphora
Struck at Thasos, 411-350BC
0.69g, 12mm SNGCop 1030

 

atta-boy, big-bro

 

Good ones Bing, just a question you or one of the other members might be able to answer, how can you tell the difference between the 463 BC Drachm and the 500 BC Drachm that I own? the examples I have seen don't have to many clues.

 

I'm not an expert on these, but there are others here who, if not experts, know much more than me. I do remember a discussion about the hand and fingers of the nymph giving clues. However, someone else will have to explain.

 

As per usual, Doug has a good understanding of these babies


... but until he chimes-in, here is the wildwinds link

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/thasos/i.html

oh, and here is a link to 100's of examples from CNG

https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=thasos stater nymph&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1

Maybe you can examine and group enough examples together to become our local expert?

 

And here is a thread from a couple of years ago where we discussed some of the variations:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-specialties-within-specialities.232945/page-2

 

No nymph here, but I do have a Thasos


Thrace, Thasos
Coin: Silver Trihemiobol
- Satyr running with kantharos
- Amphora
Mint: Thasos (411-350 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 0.93g / 11.5mm / -
References:

• SNG Cop 1029

 

Nice work you Bing and stevex6 while I slept, to wake up and find it is all in the hand. This is the trouble living in AUS when you guys are active I am asleep and Vica Versa. Although stevex6 seems to be on CT a lot do you sleep steve? or play with your coins all night.

 

one eye open

 

No one else will play with him, so he has to play with himself. Isn't that right little brother?

 

Thanks guys the more I look at these Nymph Thasos coins the more I like the open hand one rather than the claw, it looks like she is going to slap him with it.

 

I don't really care who is playing with me as long as I'm being played with

 

Sorry I don't have any expertise on these but believe the claws are older and the open hands are in the middle. Late ones show more of a perspective view with more realistic bodies. On these she has thrown her hand around his shoulders and seems more agreeable to being carried off. There are small denominations without nymphs but the happy couple comes on drachms and staters.

Early stater (claw)


drachm


late drachm


early fraction (1/4?)


I don't have an open hand middle coin.

 

Thanks Doug, this helps with my training to become the local expert.
according to Steve.