Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 261. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $4600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Derrones. Circa 480-465 BC. AR Dodekadrachm (39.47 g). Driver, holding goad, in ox cart left; above, crested Corinthian helmet left / Triskeles right; palmette between legs; [all within incuse square]. Cf. Topalov 9; HPM pl. II, 4 = AMNG III/2, 7 = Traité I 1453 (same obv. die); SNG ANS -; Triton X, lot 127 (same obv. die). VF, lightly toned. Well struck for this crude issue.