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THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Berge. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 9.60 g). Satyr, nude and ithyphallic, standing right, grasping hand of nymph fleeing right; three pellets around / Rough incuse square divided diagonally. Peykov A0020; AMNG III/2, 14; HPM pl. VIII, 3; SNG ANS 953 (all as Lete). Toned, some roughness. VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 367 (27 January 2016), lot 177; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 149 (4 October 2006), lot 29.
This coinage has previously been given to Lete and Siris, but S. Psoma has persuasively argued against both of these attributions, and suggests that the city of Berge is the most likely in light of the historical and numismatic evidence. (See S. Psoma, "The 'Lete' Coinage Reconsidered" in Agoranomia.)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 367 (27 January 2016), lot 177; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 149 (4 October 2006), lot 29.
This coinage has previously been given to Lete and Siris, but S. Psoma has persuasively argued against both of these attributions, and suggests that the city of Berge is the most likely in light of the historical and numismatic evidence. (See S. Psoma, "The 'Lete' Coinage Reconsidered" in Agoranomia.)