Unpublished with this control! ISLANDS OFF THRACE, Thasos. Circa 435-411 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 8.66 g). Ithyphallic satyr advancing to right, carrying a vaguely protesting nymph; in the field to right, traces of the letter I. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. HGC 6, 334 var. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6. Struck from the same dies as Hess-Divo 327, 2014, 10. Attractively toned. Extremely rare with this control (albeit mostly illegible) and of truly fine full Classical style. Obverse almost imperceptibly double struck, otherwise, good very fine. From the Apollo to Apollo Collection ex Peus 433, 1 November 2022, 1134 and Gorny &; Mosch 257, 15 October 2018, 249, apparently from a collection formed prior to 1993. The satyr and nymph coinage of Thasos is one of the most common issues of the 5th century, thanks to the productive silver mines Thasos possessed. This piece, one of the uncommon later 5th century issues, bears a satyr who is a cross between the truly primitive creatures the Thasiote engravers portrayed early in the century, and the fully classical creatures that appear, normally, on dies of the period to which this coin is ascribed. This bald-headed satyr has power, but also sensitivity and, even, kindness. He certainly would not be carrying the nymph unless she wanted to be. It has been suggested that the letter Ι appears on the obverse (Α or Φ are more commonly found there); however, if it does, and there do seem to be traces of a complete Ι on this coin, for unknown reasons it seems to have been erased on the die.