255. ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.70 g). Satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 2; HPM pl. X, 5; HGC 6, 331; SNG Copenhagen 1009. Good VF, toned. Nice metal. ($1000)
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256. ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.27 g). Dolphin right / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 10; HGC 6, 338 var. (pellets on obv.); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 23. EF, lightly toned. Well struck and better metal than usual for issue. ($300) 257. ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos(?). Circa 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.38 g). Dolphin left; two pellets above, three pellets below / Incuse square punch. Unpublished, but cf. CNG 73, lot 107 for a similar issue. Good VF, lightly toned. ($300) The attribution of this issue to Thasos is not certain, particularly given its relatively thick flan, plain square incuse punch, and the refined style of the dolphin. Tzamalis has identified electrum and silver coins from the Thraco-Macedonian region that have characteristics similar to this issue (cf. Tzamalis 21-22 [EL] and 42 [AR]).
258. ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 480-463 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.82 g). Satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 5; HPM pl. X, 12; HGC 6, 331; SNG Copenhagen 1010–2. Good VF, toned, some die rust on obverse. Well centered. ($1500)
259. ISLANDS off THRACE, Thasos. Circa 412-404 BC. AR Trihemiobol (12mm, 0.91 g, 12h). Satyr kneeling left, holding kylix in right hand / Amphora; QÅs-5W@ at sides; all within incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 27; HGC 6, 351; SNG Copenhagen 1030. Superb EF, dark cabinet toning, a couple light scratches under tone in field on obverse, minor double strike on reverse. ($750) From the RCM Collection.
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