THRACIAN ISLANDS. Thasos. Ca. 500-450 BC. AR drachm (16mm, 2.82 gm). NGC Fine 5/5 - 4/5. 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. 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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