286, Lot: 30. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Siris. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 9.89 g). Ithyphallic satyr standing right, grasping hand of nymph fleeing right; three pellets around / Rough incuse square. Smith Group 3 (Lete); SNG ANS 950. VF, a few old scratches under tone.

Ex Lanz 151 (30 June 2011), lot 24; Egger XLV (12 November 1913), lot 466.

The original attribution of this series to Lete was based on Svoronos' incorrect reading of a late, inscribed issue. More recent studies, and an exceptional inscribed example in Leu 81 (lot 147), clearly show that the ethnic is CIRINON (in retrograde) for the town of Siris (modern Serres).