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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Non-Olympian| ▸ |Nymphs||View Options:  |  |  | 

Nymphs on Ancient Coins
Thasos, Thrace, c. 412 - 404 B.C.

|Thasos|, |Thasos,| |Thrace,| |c.| |412| |-| |404| |B.C.||drachm|
During the period when this coin was minted there was much chaos on the island. Thasos had revolted against their Athenian aggressors and was subsequently occupied by the Spartans (Lacedaemonians). In the following years Thasos was occupied by one or the other of the two opposing powers and did not regain freedom until the Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 B.C. Only drachms were struck in this late and final issue of the satyr and nymph type. Despite the chaos of the time and the archaized punch reverse, the obverse dies were engraved in elegant fine classical style.
SH87191. Silver drachm, Le Rider Thasiennes 8; HGC 6 336 (R1); Svoronos HPM -; SNG Cop -, aEF, superb classical style, dark old cabinet toning, some die wear/rust, scattered porosity, light bumps and marks, weight 3.438 g, maximum diameter 16.7 mm, Thasos mint, 5th type, c. 412 - 404 B.C.; obverse nude ithyphallic satyr kneeling-running right, carrying in his arms a struggling nymph, he is balding and is crowned with an ivy wreath, her hair is rolled and she wears a long chiton, her right arm is behind his back; reverse pebbled quadripartite square punch; ex Shanna Schmidt Numismatics; ex Nomos AG, obolos 8 (2 Dec 2017), lot 157; ex W. F. Stoecklin Collection, Amriswil, Switzerland; ex Bank Leu, Zurich (prior to 1975); rare, last satyr and nymph type, final issue struck only as a drachm!; SOLD


Phokaia, Ionia, c. 477 - 388 B.C.

|Phokaia|, |Phokaia,| |Ionia,| |c.| |477| |-| |388| |B.C.||Hekte| |(1/6| |Stater)|
Phokaia was the most northerly of the Ionian communities in Asia Minor and was the mother city of many colonies in the western Mediterranean area, including Massalia (modern Marseille, France).
SH38617. Electrum Hekte (1/6 Stater), Bodenstedt 90, SNGvA 2126, VF, weight 2.558 g, maximum diameter 10.2 mm, Phokaia (Foca, Turkey) mint, c. 477 - 388 B.C.; obverse head of a nymph left, seal below; reverse quadripartite incuse square; SOLD


Phokaia, Ionia, c. 487 - 326 B.C.

|Phokaia|, |Phokaia,| |Ionia,| |c.| |487| |-| |326| |B.C.||Hekte| |(1/6| |Stater)|
Phokaia (Phocaea) was the most northerly of the Ionian communities in Asia Minor and was the mother city of many colonies in the western Mediterranean area, including Massalia (modern Marseille, France).
SH87221. Electrum Hekte (1/6 Stater), Bodenstedt 102 (b/ß); BMC Ionia p. 212, 63; Weber 6084; Boston MFA 1920; SNGvA -; SNG Cop -, Choice VF, well centered on a tight flan, attractive style, weight 2.528 g, maximum diameter 10.3 mm, Phokaia (Foca, Turkey) mint, c. 477 - 388 B.C.; obverse laureate head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, seal right below; reverse quadripartite mill-sail incuse square; SOLD


Phokaia, Ionia, c. 487 - 326 B.C.

|Phokaia|, |Phokaia,| |Ionia,| |c.| |487| |-| |326| |B.C.||Hekte| |(1/6| |Stater)|
Phokaia (Phocaea) was the most northerly of the Ionian communities in Asia Minor and was the mother city of many colonies in the western Mediterranean area, including Massalia (modern Marseille, France).
SH75215. Electrum Hekte (1/6 Stater), Bodenstedt 102 (b/ß); BMC p. 212, 63; Weber 6084; Boston MFA 1920; SNGvA -; SNG Cop -, VF, fine style, crowded flan, light contact marks, weight 2.540 g, maximum diameter 10.2 mm, Phokaia (Foca, Turkey) mint, c. 477 - 388 B.C.; obverse laureate head of nymph left, hair in sakkos, seal right below; reverse quadripartite incuse square; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, 450 - 440 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |450| |-| |440| |B.C.||tetradrachm|
The obverse of commemorates the tyrant Gelon's victory in the chariot race at the Olympic Games of 488 B.C. Three years later, Gelon seized Syracuse and charioteer type was adopted there. For many years the same charioteer motif was used at many Sicillian cities even after its intial significance may have been forgotten. -- "Coinage of Olympic Proportions" by David R. Sear, published in Numismatist
SH05156. Silver tetradrachm, SNG ANS 4/II 66, F/VF, weight 17.2 g, maximum diameter 28.4 mm, die axis 225o, obverse quadriga walking right guided by charioteer in long chiton, above Nike flying right crowning horses, palmette and tendrils in ex; reverse CEΛAΣ, forepart of a man-faced bull; soft obverse strike; SOLD







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REFERENCES

Imhoof-Blumer, F. “Nymphen und Chariten auf griechischen Münzen” in JIAN 11 (1908).

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