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The cheeky Thracian

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To mark Valentine’s Day, here is a slightly risqué selection where you wouldn’t expect it!

The island of Thasos, not far from Samothrace, celebrated not victory but indeed love on the obverse of several of its coins, which quite clearly depict the coupling of a satyr and a nymph.

Surprising, a little salacious, and quite fantastic.

Islands off Thrace Stater

ca. 412-404 BC, Thasos, Plata, NGC, MBC

Moneda Thrace

Drachm, 550-463 BC, Thasos, BC+, Plata, SNG-Cop:1014

Moneda Islands off Thrace

Stater, ca. 480-460 BC, Thasos, MBC, Plata

Moneda Thrace

Stater, 500-480 BC, Thasos, BC+, Plata, HGC:6, 331

Moneda Thrace

Thasos, Helios, Stater, 480 - 463 BC, Thasos, MBC, Plata

Picture: "Nymphs and Satyr" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1873)(Public Domain)

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