Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 256. Closing Date: Jan 
        10, 2005. ISLANDS off THRACE. Thasos. Circa 
        525-500 BC. AR Stater (10.15 gm). Estimate $5000 
        Sold For $6000 

      ISLANDS off THRACE. Thasos. Circa 525-500 BC. AR 
      Stater (10.15 gm). Satyr advancing right, carrying 
      off protesting nymph / Rough quadripartite incuse 
      square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 1; SNG Ashmolean 
      3642; SNG Copenhagen 1007. Choice EF, toned. Very 
      rare earliest issue of Thasos. ($5000)

      Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1333.

      This magnificent example of the first dies 
      (Svoronos 1-5) of the long-running Thasos series 
      of staters exudes power in the face of the satyr. 
      Each of the heads is exceptionally detailed. The 
      metal is superb.

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