CLASSICAL COINS
MACEDONIA
SIRIS ("LETE")
Stater, about 500 BC. AR 9.96 g. Nude, ithyphallic and bearded Satyr r., grasping hand of fleeing maenad, caressing her chin with his l. hand; in field, three pellets. Rev. Incuse square, divided into four triangles by two diagonals. Svoronos, Hell. pl. 8,5. SNG ANS 956.
Rare and of powerful archaic style . Extremely fine Provenance: Auction Hess-Divo AG, Zürich 320 (2011), 72.