Islands off Thrace, Thasos
Stater circa 490, AR 8.92 g. Naked ithyphallic satyr supporting nymph under thighs with r. arm, the l. hand under her back. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Svoronos, Hellénisme Primitif 4 and pl. X, 21. Le Rider, Thasos 5. SNG Copenhagen 1011. Dewing 1322.
Struck on a full flan and complete, light iridescent tone, surface somewhat
porous, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Lanz sale 155, 2012, 77. From the Friedinger-Pranter collection.