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.
2300 BCE
The Citadel at Kastrí is constructed on Syros.