Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 338. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $490. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 340-300 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.98 g, 1h). Satyr running half-left, holding kylix / Amphora. Le Rider, Thasiennes -; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité IV 1154. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Rarest variety of this series of Thasian satyr trihemiobols.

The satyr on this issue is typically shown fully to the left or right, but on this variety the satyr is depicted half-left.