| Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO Auctions > Auction 76 | Auction date: 14 November 2022 |
| Lot number: 3126 Price realized: 100 EUR (Approx. 103 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Northern Greece - Islands off Thrace - Thasos - AR Stater (c. 500-480 BC, 8.16 g) - Nude satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square (SNG Copenhagen 1008-9) - a.VF Starting price: 75 EUR |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 103 | Auction date: 24 November 2022 |
| Lot number: 429 Price realized: 3,800 GBP (Approx. 4,614 USD / 4,432 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 412-404 BC. Bald-headed and nude satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off protesting nymph; Α in right field / Quadripartite incuse square. Kraay-Hirmer 437; Gulbenkian 464; Le Rider, Thasiennes, 6; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 103; HGC 6, 334. 8.95g, 20mm. Extremely Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone, excellent high classical style. From the VCV Collection. Thasos, a large island off the western coastal region of Thrace, gained its enormous wealth by virtue of its local silver mines as well as mines it controlled on the Thracian mainland opposite the island city-state. According to Herodotos (VI, 46), the city derived 200-300 talents annually from her exploitation of this mineral wealth. Additionally, Thasos gained much material wealth as a producer and exporter of high quality wines, which was tightly regulated by the government, and it was perhaps due to this trade in wine that her coinage spread throughout the Aegean making it a widely recognized and accepted currency in distant lands. The artistry of this coin is exceptional, and belongs to the very end of the 5th century BC before the end of the Peloponnesian War. Earlier didrachm staters struck to a local Thracian standard (originally of 9.8g and subsequently 8.7g) are quite crude in style, portraying a vigorous and beastly satyr forcibly abducting an unwilling nymph. By contrast the satyr on this coin is imbued with almost wholly human qualities. The engraving is by a superior artist and is in a very lovely style, the head of the satyr reminding us of the miniature masterpieces from Katane in Sicily depicting a satyr's head facing, while the head of the nymph here is strongly reminiscent of the head of the nymph found on the coins of nearby Neapolis in Macedon. There is no explanation in the relevant literature of the letters A, Σ, or Φ which sometimes appear in the obverse field of these later staters (they never appear on the earlier staters). They cannot be the signatures of the artists as the staters with the same letter often show a markedly different hand at work, so they most probably simply identify the magistrate responsible for the issue, a commonplace feature on other coinages from a number of mints during this and subsequent times. Estimate: 1500 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 102 | Auction date: 3 November 2022 |
| Lot number: 265 Price realized: 3,200 GBP (Approx. 3,668 USD / 3,715 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 412-404 BC. Bald-headed and nude Satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off protesting nymph; dolphin in right field / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6 var. (A not dolphin); HPM pl. X, 23; SNG Copenhagen 1017; Dewing 1324; HGC 6, 334. 8.92g, 20mm. Near Extremely Fine; minor scrape to obv., excellent high classical style. From the VCV Collection. Estimate: 1000 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 102 | Auction date: 3 November 2022 |
| Lot number: 261 Price realized: 300 GBP (Approx. 344 USD / 348 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 500-480 BC. Nude satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off a protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 5; SNG Copenhagen 1008-9; HGC 6, 331. 9.48g, 20mm. Very Fine. From the VCV Collection. Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 102 | Auction date: 3 November 2022 |
| Lot number: 262 Price realized: 300 GBP (Approx. 344 USD / 348 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 500-480 BC. Nude satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off a protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 2; HPM pl. X, 7-11; SNG Copenhagen 1008-9; HGC 6, 331. 9.55g, 22mm. Very Fine. From the VCV Collection. Estimate: 250 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 103 | Auction date: 24 November 2022 |
| Lot number: 417 Price realized: 300 GBP (Approx. 364 USD / 350 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 500-480 BC. Nude satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 5; SNG Copenhagen 1008-9; HGC 6, 331. 9.04g, 21mm. Good Very Fine; light cabinet tone. From the VCV Collection. Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
Match 6:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 104 | Auction date: 15 December 2022 |
| Lot number: 208 Price realized: 500 GBP (Approx. 620 USD / 583 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Stater. Circa 500-480 BC. Nude satyr in kneeling-running stance to right, carrying off a protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 5; HPM pl. X, 14-17; SNG Copenhagen 1008-9; HGC 6, 331. 8.82g, 20mm. Good Very Fine. From the VCV Collection. Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
