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Islands off Thrace, Imbros Æ 10mm. Circa 386-276/261 BC. Head of Demeter or Persephone to right / [ΙΜΒΡΟΥ], Orthanes standing to right, holding patera and branch; thymiaterion to right, owl above. CNO 9148; Ruhl, Imbros: Archäologie einer nordostägäischen Insel, Marburg 2018 p. 23-24, 1; SNG Copenhagen 952-957 var. (Hermes; owl not listed); HGC 6, 279 (same). 1.39g, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Orthanes ('the Erect-One'), Tychon and Konisalos were three, rustic fertility-spirits / phallic deities, similar to satyrs, depicted with erect members. They were probably associated with the phallic processions of the god Dionysos or else the phallic statues of Hermes (hermai).
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
Orthanes ('the Erect-One'), Tychon and Konisalos were three, rustic fertility-spirits / phallic deities, similar to satyrs, depicted with erect members. They were probably associated with the phallic processions of the god Dionysos or else the phallic statues of Hermes (hermai).