Ancient Coinage of Macedonia, Lete


Coinage of the Thraco-Macedonian Tribes believed to have been minted at Lete, just east of Thessalonica

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BMC 1AR Stater, Lete or unknown city, Macedonia. 11.47 g, 25.23 mm. WIAN (end of city name, retrograde), Satyr with horse's feet and tail, running right in a crouching posture with nymph who is raising right arm; flower below / Incuse square quartered with unclear symbol in one section. BMC p. 149, 1 (unknown city ..NAEI); Berlin II, 13 (Lete).TextImage
BMC 10Lete, Macedonia AR drachm. 12.31 mm, 4.64 g. ca 525-480 BC. Ithyphallic satyr standing right, grasping the left arm of a nymph fleeing right with her left hand raised, head turned back. / Quadripartite incuse square divided into triangles. Traité II-1, 1575; BMC 10.TextImage
Moushmov 6340Macedonia, Lete AR Trihemiobol or Eighth Stater. Satyr squatting right, three dots behind, two in front / incuse square divided diagonally. SNG ANS 971. TextImage
Moushmov 6341
Sear SG 1301
Lete or Siris AR Trihemiobol ca 525-480, 0.98 g. Satyr, with tail, crouching right, two dots to left and right. / Quadripartite incuse square diagonally divided. Svoronos, Hellénisme Primitif. VIII, 17; Rosen 157; SNG ANS 972; Sear SG 1301; BMC 26; Moushmov 6341. TextImage
Moushmov 6342Macedonia, 'Lete'. Circa 530-480 BC. AR 1/8 Stater. Satyr squatting right; dots around / Incuse square divided diagonally. AMNG 25, Svoronos 13-17, SNG ANS 971-972. TextImage
Moushmov 6344Macedonia, “Lete” AR Stater. ca 525-480 BC. Ithyphallic satyr grasping hand of fleeing nymph; three dots around / Diagonally divided incuse square. AMNG 15, SNG ANS 958, Dewing 1022. TextImage
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Moushmov 6348
Sear SG 1300
Macedonia, Lete AR Stater. ca 500 BC. ΛETAION, centaur running right carrying protesting nymph / crested helmet in incuse square. Moushmov 6348, AMNG 27cf, Weber 1821. TextImage
Moushmov 6349Macedonia, Lete AR Obol or Twelfth Stater (.8g). ca 500-480 BC. Satyr running right in squatting posture / shallow quadripartite incuse square. Rosen 145, SNG Cop 192. TextImage
Moushmov 6352Macedonia, Lete. Circa 530-520 BC. AR Stater. Nude ithyphallic satyr with horse's tail standing right facing nymph standing left, dots around / diagonally divided incuse square. TextImage
Moushmov 6353
Sear SG 1302
Macedonia, Lete AR Trihemiobol or Eighth Stater. Late 6th-early 5th Century BC. Naked satyr running right in a crouching posture / shallow quadripartite incuse square. Moushmov 6342, SNG Lockett 1328, BMC 29, SNG Cop 193. TextImage
Moushmov 6356
Sear SG 1299
Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, Lete AR Stater. ca 520-485 BC. Naked, ithyphallic satyr striding right, pursuing nymph fleeing right, her head reverted; he grasps her arm with his right hand and caresses her face with his left; three dots in field / square incuse divided diagonally. Moushmov 6356, BMC 22, AMNG 15-16, Svoronos 16c-e, SNG ANS 955-958. TextImage
SNG ANS 970Macedonia, Lete. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Trihemiobol. Satyr squatting right; three dots around / Rough incuse square. TextImage
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SNG ANS 979 varLete, Macedonia, AR 1/16th stater. ca 480 BC. 0.64 g. Bearded satyr sitting left, dot in left field, two dots in right field / Irregular incuse punch. SNG ANS 979 var.TextImage
Svoronos 3Lete, Macedonia, AR stater. ca 520 BC. Naked, ithyphallic satyr standing right, facing a nymph standing left with her right hand raised and holding wreath in left, dot in centre / Diagonally lined irregular incuse square. Svoronos, Hellénisme 3.TextImage
Sear SG 1297Macedonia, Lete AR Stater. ca 530-520 BC. Nude ithyphallic satyr grasping hand of fleeing nymph; two dots left, two right and two in the middle / diagonally divided incuse square. BMC 2.TextImage
Sear SG 1298Lete, Macedonia AR Stater, 530-480 BC, Naked ithyphallic satyr advancing right, seizing nymph, caressing her right shoulder, dot to left, to right, and below. / Square divided into four triangles. BMC 6.TextImage