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30 June 2018
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A rare and pedigreed Stater from Siris or Berge (?)

Starting Price: 1200 CHF
Hammer Price:  1800 CHF
Lot 40

THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION. Siris, or Berge (?). Circa 525-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 8.87 g). Ithyphallic satyr standing right, right hand grasping right wrist of nymph fleeing to right, his left hand supporting her chin; around, three pellets. Rev. Rough incuse square divided diagonally. AMNG III, 14, Smith Group 5 and Traité I, 1568 (all as ,Lete’). Minor flatness, otherwise. Nearly extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, ex SKA Monetarium FPL 54, Autumn 1990, 36.

This issue has been reattributed from Lete to Siris in the past, but Selene Psoma has recently argued in favor of an attribution to Berge (S. Psoma: The ’Lete’ coinage reconsidered, in: P. G. van Alfen, Agoranomia. Studies in Money and Exchange presented to John H. Kroll, New York 2006, pp. 61-85).

Online bidding closes: 30 Jun 2018, 16:23:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 07:37:04 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1800 CHF by MailBidder9492 (4 bids)
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