Watch List notes:

ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 500-480 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 4.19 g). Nude ithyphallic satyr, with long beard and long hair, moving right in 'running-kneeling' position, holding a nymph in his arms, who raises her right hand in protest. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 3. SNG Copenhagen 1014-1016. Beautifully toned and of lovely late Archaic style. Minor scratches on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, Leu 8, 23 October 2021, 39 and ex Münzen & Medaillen AG FPL 232, May 1963, 10.