4th century BC. A bronze ring with an expanding hoop, oval bezel with an intaglio image of Silenus riding a rearing goat on a baseline. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 71, for type. 5.63 grams, 22.45mm overall, 18.02mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15) (1"). Property of a gentleman from Vienna; from his private collection formed since 1970. The characters of the Dionysian Thiasos like the Seilenoi (Silens) and the Satyrs, half men and half animals, in constant search for the satisfaction of their sexual appetite, often rejected by the nymphs, applied themselves on deer and goats. The subject and the affinity among satyrs and goats is often represented in the classical iconography. [No Reserve] For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price