THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Berge. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (19.5mm, 10.03 g). Ithyphallic satyr standing right, holding tail and raising arm, confronting nymph standing right, right hand lowered in protest, left hand holding wreath; pellet between / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. Smith Group 8B; Peykov A0060 var. (pose of figures); HPM pl. XIX, 23 var. (same); HGC 3, 532 (‘Lete’). Toned, some roughness and light scratches. VF. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 105 (10 May 2017), lot 54 (as Siris).
This coinage has previously been given to Lete and Siris, but S. Psoma has persuasively argued against both of these attributions, and suggests that the city of Berge is the most likely in light of the historical and numismatic evidence. (See S. Psoma, “The ‘Lete’ Coinage Reconsidered” in Agoranomia.)
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