ISLAND OF THRACE, Thasos. Approximately 412-404 BC. Drachm (silver, 14 mm, 3.56 g). Nude satyr, soon and with long Beard, kneeling facing, his head turned to right, holding a nymph in his arms, who raises her right hand in protest. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with granulated recesses. HGC 6, 336. Le Rider, Thasiennes, 8. Nanteuil 727 (this coin). SNG Fitzwilliam 1810. SNG Lockett 1223. A spectacular coin, boldly struck on sound metal, beautiful toned, and of exceptional fine full Classical style. Tiny marks, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. Ex Leu 15, 1 June 2024, 335, previously privately acquired from Tradart, ex Münzen & Medaillen AG 73, 17 October 1988, 60, Leu15, 4 May 1976, 165, and from the collections of H. de Nanteuil (1876-1941) and Victor Luneau, Platt, 27 March 1922, 415. The islandpolis of Thasos green its fabulous wealth from its silver mines and the export of timber and high-quality wines. With its mainland peraia lying at the footills of the rugged Thraco-Macedonian mountains, the Thasian coins quite fittingly contain the satyr and nymph motive, a highly sexually charged design showing the ferocious and aroused satyr abusing the manered nyMph. Search images of wildness crashing with civilization were especially popular in frontier regions such as the Thraco-Macedonian coast, where Greek apoikiai came into close contact with native 'barbarian' tribes. This lot can be shipped to a US address.