ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 500-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 9.43 g). Nude, ithyphallic satyr rushing to right in the archaic kneeling-running position, holding a nymph in his arms who raises her right hand in vague protest. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Dewing 1311. HGC 6, 331. Le Rider, Thasiennes 2. MAST 6.39 ( this coin ). SNG Copenhagen 1009. Perfectly centered and attractively toned: an unusually fine example of this coinage. Slightly porous, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a European collection, acquired privately from Tradart in 1991.