Triton XXII, Lot: 166. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 8.87 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph; I to upper right / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider,
Thasiennes 6 var. (letter on obverse); HPM pl. X, 27–8 var. (same); HGC 6, 334 var. (letter on obv.); Nomos 16, lot 54 (same obv. die); Nomos 3, lot 42 (same obv. die); Pecunem 23, lot 139 (same obv. die); Rauch 101, lot 1306. Near EF, toned. Extremely rare with
iota on obverse.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Hess-Divo 327 (22 October 2014), lot 10; Lanz 125 (28 November 2005), lot 179.