Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals | M&M Numismatics Ltd - Auction 60, Lot 57
Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, Orreskioi. Silver Stater (10.13 g), ca. 500-480 BC
Naked ithyphallic satyr right, carrying off protesting nymph. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square. Svoronos pl. VI, 22; SNG ANS 982; Asyut 96. Test cut on the obverse and the reverse with rough surfaces. Good Very Fine. Variations of the satyr abducting a protesting nymph type are not uncommon on coinage struck by the peoples in the Thraco-Macedonian area, and must have appealed to the rustic senses of the largely ...