Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Thraco-Macedonian Region, Berge AR Stater. Previously identified as either Lete or Siris. Circa 525-480 BC. Ithyphallic satyr standing to right, grasping wrist of nymph fleeing to right, head reverted; pellet to left and above(?) / Quadripartite incuse square, diagonally divided. Smith Group 5 (Lete); Peykov A0020; cf. SNG ANS 952-63 ('Lete'); HPM pl. VIII (Siris); HGC 3.1, 531 ('Lete'). 8.97g, 23mm.
Extremely Fine; struck on a broad planchet and remarkably complete for the issue. Previously ANACS graded EF 40 (#7205081).
Acquired from Pars Coins, San Jose CA.
It has been persuasively argued by S. Psoma that the coinage previously attributed to 'Lete' and Siris is probably from Berge (See S. Psoma, 'The "Lete" Coinage Reconsidered' in Agoranomia. Studies in Money and Exchange Presented to John H. Kroll, (2006) pp. 61-85).
Extremely Fine; struck on a broad planchet and remarkably complete for the issue. Previously ANACS graded EF 40 (#7205081).
Acquired from Pars Coins, San Jose CA.
It has been persuasively argued by S. Psoma that the coinage previously attributed to 'Lete' and Siris is probably from Berge (See S. Psoma, 'The "Lete" Coinage Reconsidered' in Agoranomia. Studies in Money and Exchange Presented to John H. Kroll, (2006) pp. 61-85).