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Stater - Siris or Lete
| Issuer | Uncertain Thraco-macedonian city |
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| Year | 490 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Nude ithyphallic satyr advancing right, grasping the right arm of a fleeing nymph who turns her head back toward her pursuer; the satyr's posture conveys forceful pursuit in the Archaic Greek artistic convention. The nymph, draped, strains away to the right. A small pellet appears in the upper field. The composition is rendered with vigorous incuse technique typical of early Thraco-Macedonian coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (-490) |
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Siris and Lete are both candidates for this issue, and the attribution has shifted more than once in the scholarship. Lete, a settlement in the lower Axios valley, is currently favored by most specialists, partly on hoard evidence from findspots concentrated in that region. The early fifth century was a period of intense coinage activity among Thraco-Macedonian tribes and towns, many minting heavily — likely to pay mercenaries or tribute — before Macedonian consolidation under Alexander I gradually absorbed their monetary autonomy after the Persian withdrawal circa 479 BC.