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, Prata, NGC, EF(40-45)
Moeda Trácia
Drachm, 550-463 BC, Thasos, VF(30-35), Prata, SNG-Cop:1014
Moeda Islands off Thrace
Stater, ca. 480-460 BC, Thasos, EF(40-45), Prata
Moeda Trácia
Thasos, Helios, Stater, 480 - 463 BC, Thasos, EF(40-45), Prata
Picture: "Nymphs and Satyr" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1873)(Public Domain)
