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. 435-411 BC, Thasos, Silber, NGC, Ch XF 5/5-2/5
Picture: "Nymphs and Satyr" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1873)(Public Domain)
