THRACIAN ISLANDS. Thasos. Ca. 500-450 BC. AR/AE fourrée stater (22mm). NGC Fine, core visible, scratches. Nude ithyphallic satyr running right, carrying nymph, her right hand raised / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 1010-1. Dewing 1323. Le Rider 5. Well centered and attractively toned around the devices. The iconography of these coins is sometimes described as a satyr ravishing a nymph. Given the importance of the cult of Dionysus to Thrace, a more likely explanation is that the two mythological figures are engaged in a ritualistic Dionysian dance.

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