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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2895689, member: 57495&quot;]The washed-out and overly-brightened auction pictures for this one were really not flattering.&nbsp; I was on the fence about it for awhile, but finally decided to take a chance on it because it was a type I wanted and I thought the price was right for the condition.&nbsp; I was quite pleasantly surprised by how much better it looked when it arrived, as well as surprised in general, because I hadn&#039;t even received an invoice for it or paid for it yet.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The most common of these satyr-and-nymph staters of Thasos are the two earlier issues that show a progression of style from somewhat archaic (with the nymph raising a crab-claw-like hand) to early Classical (nymph has a human hand).&nbsp; Mine, from a smaller, later series, struck between 412-404 BC, shows the satyr and nymph in a refined, fully Classical style.&nbsp; Colin Kraay in <i>Archaic and Classical Greek Coins</i> puts it this way:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>The rude archaic vigour of the original type has disappeared; the forcible rape of the nymph by a bestial satyr has become a joy-ride in the arms of an almost wholly human abductor.</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure I would go as far as to say that a &quot;joy-ride&quot; is being depicted here, but well, you guys be the judge.&nbsp; And, as always, please feel free to show &#039;em if you&#039;ve got &#039;em!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]696439[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>THRACE, ISLANDS off, Thasos</b></p><p>AR Stater. 8.52g, 21mm. Circa 412-404 BC. Le Rider, Thasiennes 6; HGC 6, 334. O: Satyr advancing right, carrying off protesting nymph; A to right. R: Quadripartite incuse square.</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, my other Thasos stater, an archaic style example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]696440[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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