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THRACIAN ISLANDS. Thasos. Ca. 500-450 BC. AR drachm (15mm, 3.34 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5. Ca. 500-480 BC. Nude satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 1014; Le Rider, Thasiennes 3; HGC 6, 332.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell, private sale with old dealer's tag
The iconography of these coins is sometimes described as a satyr ravishing a nymph. Given the importance of the cult of Dionysus to Thrace, a more likely explanation is that the two mythological figures are engaged in a ritualistic Dionysian dance.
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THRACIAN ISLANDS. Thasos. Ca. 500-450 BC. AR drachm (15mm, 3.34 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5. Ca. 500-480 BC. Nude satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 1014; Le Rider, Thasiennes 3; HGC 6, 332.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell, private sale with old dealer's tag
The iconography of these coins is sometimes described as a satyr ravishing a nymph. Given the importance of the cult of Dionysus to Thrace, a more likely explanation is that the two mythological figures are engaged in a ritualistic Dionysian dance.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-thracian-islands-thasos-ca-500-450-bc-ar-drachm-15mm-334-gm-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-3-5/a/61297-98031.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61297-10232022
HID02906262019
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