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Session Five - Tuesday, February 14th 10:00am PST
O
UTSTANDING
A
RCHAIC
' L
ETE
' S
ILVER
S
TATER
,
CA
. 525-480 BC
Enlargement
1610 Thraco-Macedonian Region, Siris. Silver Stater (9.80 g), ca. 525-480 BC
. Ithyphallic satyr standing right, clutching wrist of nymph fleeing
right; around, three pellets.
Reverse:
Rough incuse square divided diagonally. Smith grp. 5 (Lete); SNG ANS 954-61 (' Lete'); HPM pl. VIII, 4.
Rare.
Well struck on excellent metal. Lightly toned.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value ....................................................................................................................................................................... $3,000 - 3,500
The Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from CNG in 1991.
This stater features a scene involving a satyr and a nymph, the descendants of Silenos, the rustic and permanently drunk tutor of Dionysos. While
the nymphs were female spirits of rivers and the woods, the satyrs were male goat-like woodland spirits with only one thing on their minds. Here,
the satyr seems to be propositioning a reluctant nymph - a not uncommon motif in Greek art, especially vase painting - although some commen-
tators (perhaps of a more Victorian bent) have described the scene as a satyr and nymph dancing. Both the weight of the coin and the subject
matter of the obverse type shows the influence of Thasian coinage on the coinages of the Thraco-Macedonian mainland.
1611
Thrace, Abdera. Silver Stater (9.97 g), ca. 336-311 BC
.
Anaxipolios, magistrate. AB
H-[PITE
N], griffin seated left,
raising right forepaw.
Reverse:
Laureate head of Apollo right;
around, magistrate' s name: E
I ANA
I
O
IO
. Chryssan-
thaki-Nagle pl. 10, 3 (same dies); May 531 (same dies).
Rare.
Fine
.
Estimate Value ......................................................$250 - 300
From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F.
Kovacs.