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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8322133, member: 91461&quot;]Nymphs: deities and personifications of nature almost always in the guise of beautiful young women... that Satyrs just can&#039;t keep their filthy hands off of.</p><p>Nor me for that matter.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I spoiled myself and bought my first hekte <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Though worn from honest usage, I actually enjoy her eyes looking as though they are shut, thanks to wear. Adds a uniqueness to it and her beauty still shines through:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474311[/ATTACH]</p><p>IONIA. Phokaia. (Circa 477-388). EL Hekte.</p><p>Obv: Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone; seal to right.</p><p>Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.</p><p>SNG von Aulock 2120; Boston MFA 1908-9.</p><p>Condition: Fine.</p><p>Weight: 2.52 g.</p><p>Diameter: 10.19 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found only 1 similar, and slightly better, coin on acsearch:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474314[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Her having a dolphin behind her head makes me think she is a Nereid- sea nymph.</p><p>Nymphs were grouped into different categories.</p><p>We had Nereids, Naiads, Meliae, Dryads and Oreads.</p><p>Nymphs of the sea,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474318[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>fresh water, ash tree, oak tree and mountain.</p><p>Ironically, the most beautiful female creatures that the Greeks imagined were constantly being stalked by the most loathsome males they ever dreamt up... and Zeus<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Satyrs- satirical versions of men at there most debased. Drunk and sexual maniacs... but they had bad qualities as well.</p><p>Often used as foils to both the gods and the nymphs. Every now and then they&#039;d catch their pray:[ATTACH=full]1474332[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My latest satyr trying his best to see what&#039;s at the bottom of that amphora:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474328[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Holed to perfection)</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to beauty...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474339[/ATTACH]</p><p>(The nymphs were so awesome they even tended to the apples of the Hesperides)</p><p><br /></p><p>A few more of my favorite nymphs:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474335[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysos I (406-367 BC). AE Hemilitron. Obv. Head of Arethusa left, wearing necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; olive leaves behind. Rev. Dolphin swimming right; Σ Y P A and cockle shell below. CNS II 24/1-7; HGC 2 1480. AE. 2.58 g. 16.00 mm. Good VF.</p><p>Purchased from Artemide Aste Aug 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474333[/ATTACH]</p><p>Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus (69 BC). AR serratus denarius (19mm, 1h). NGC Choice Fine, bankers marks. Rome. Draped bust of Amphitrite right, seen from behind; Sea anemone (erroneously listed as oenochoe by Heritage) left, I right / Q•CREPER•M•F / ROCVS, Neptune driving biga of hippocamps right, brandishing trident in right hand, reins in left; I above. Crawford 399/1b. Sydenham 796. Crepereia 1. Ex: CNG 261 lot 239 Aug 2011, Auctiones GMBH #67 March 2020, Purchased from Heritage Feb 2022. From the Werner Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1474336[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thessaly, Larissa. AE 20 mm. c. 370-360 BC. Obv. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left. Rev. Horseman, wearing kausia, riding right. Cf. SNG Cop. 141. AE. 5.15 g. 20.00 mm. Green-brown patina. Good VF/VF.</p><p>Purchased from Artemide Aste Aug 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]vVsC4UNYOHM[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So please share your nymphs, Satyrs, hekte or anything you can tie in<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>No nymphs were harmed during the creating of this write up. </b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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