3rd-1st centuries BCE
Ae, 1.41 g 12.73 mm
Obv: Head of Pan right, wearing tainia
Rev: Goat standing left; monogram to left, grain ear to left.
Joy -; SNG Copenhagen 758-9 var. (no monogram and goat right); BMC 9 var. (same)
Like many of the Cyclades, Syros has been inhabited for a very long time. Archeological evidence shows that it was at least 5000 years ago.
Syros was the home of Eumaios, who Homer spent a lot of time describing and who was a strong friend of Odysseus – and in fact grew up with him.
Pythagoras’ teacher Pherekydes was also from Syros.
The coinage of Sardis is often confused with Syros.