TYPE Ancient Greece, Thasos (island off Thrace), 510-490 BC, silver tritartemorion?, 0.20g
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square
REFERENCE: Del -, cf. SG 1359-60, cf. P 1737
GRADING: AVF / VF, bit porous Archaic silver, partial hole, scarce denomination
ORDER INFO: G1933, $55
Scarce and charming Archaic fraction. The present design (with two dolpins) is generally associated with a higher denomination (usually, obol). Plant lists it down to hemiobol weight (ca. 0.32g), but the present specimen appears smaller than that.