Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 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; three pellets around / Quadripartite incuse square, diagonally divided. Smith Group 5 (Lete); Peykov A0020; cf. SNG ANS 945-65 ('Lete'); HPM pl. VIII, 1-10 (Siris); HGC 3.1, 531 ('Lete'). 9.00g, 22mm.
Extremely Fine.
From the inventory of a German dealer, ticket included.
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.
From the inventory of a German dealer, ticket included.
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).