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Lot 468

Estimate: 1500 GBP
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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 3.1, 531 ("Lete"). 9.81g, 22mm.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired from Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG.

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).
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