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Thraco-Macedonian Region, Berge AR Stater. Circa 525-480 BC. Ithyphallic satyr standing to right, grasping right wrist of nymph fleeing to right with right hand and touching her chin with left; pellets [above], to left, and [to right] / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. Smith Group 5; Peykov A0020; AMNG III, 14 ('Lete'); SNG ANS 956 ('Lete'); Svoronos 16; Traité I, 1569 ('Lete'); Psoma p. 61 (Berge); HGC 3, 531 ("Lete"). 9.67g, 21mm.
Near Extremely Fine; die flaw to top edge, wonderful late Archaic style.
From the Dr. Ulisses Vaz Pardal Collection.
It has been persuasively argued by S. Psoma that the coinage previously attributed to Lete and/or Siris is probably from Berge (cf. S. Psoma, 'The "Lete" Coinage Reconsidered' in Agoranomia. Studies in Money and Exchange Presented to John H. Kroll, (2006) pp. 61-85).
Near Extremely Fine; die flaw to top edge, wonderful late Archaic style.
From the Dr. Ulisses Vaz Pardal Collection.
It has been persuasively argued by S. Psoma that the coinage previously attributed to Lete and/or Siris is probably from Berge (cf. S. Psoma, 'The "Lete" Coinage Reconsidered' in Agoranomia. Studies in Money and Exchange Presented to John H. Kroll, (2006) pp. 61-85).