★ An attractive early stater from Thasos ★

ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 500-463 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 9.87 g). Nude ithyphallic satyr, with long beard and long hair, moving right in 'running-kneeling' position, holding a nymph in his arms, who raises her right hand in protest. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square of windmill form. Boston 851. SNG Copenhagen 1009. Svoronos, HPM pl. X, 8. Minor die rust on the obverse and with faint scratches on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.