Thasos Naked Satyr

Islands off Thrace, Thasos 510 - 490 BC.

AR Stater. 10.70g.

Naked ithyphallic satyr carrying off a nymph who raises her arm in
protest. / Quadrapartite incuse square.

BMC 5; Webber 2500, SNG Cop 1014

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/thasos/i.html

This type is normally attributed to Thasos, but from what I have been told these coins are not normally found on the Island of Thasos, but rather on the mainland opposite the Island. They may be a local tribal coinage of the the mainland

Reference : BMC5

Collection : Ancient