★ Krenides, colony of Thasos ★
Macedon. Philippi (as Thasian Epeiros [Krenides]) circa 360-356 BC.
Bronze Æ
10 mm., 1,32 g.
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΘΑΣΙΟΝ, club and bow, HΠEIPO below.
good very fine
Bellinger, Philippi 2; Le Rider, Thasiennes 29; AMNG II/2, 1; HGC 3, 626.
Krenides was a small colony of Thasos established on the plain of Philippoi, circa 360/59 BC (Diodoros, XVI 3.7).