New Thasos Trihemiobol

I won a very cool trihemiobol on eBay (a very small silver coin - about 11mm wide). It is from Thasos, an ancient city on an island off the coast of Thrace, and was issued about 411-350 B.C.

It shows a Satyr (anatomically corect) with a wine cup on the obverse, and an amphora (a very large jar used for transporting wine, oil, grain, etc.) on the reverse:


Thasos was known for using Satyrs on many of their coins. In some cases they depicted Satyrs ravishing nymphs. Those ones are a little more expensive.

I hope this one shows up in the mail.