Sale: Nomos 2, Lot: 49. Estimate CHF15000.  Closing Date: Monday, 17 May 2010.  Sold For CHF13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, The Orreskioi. Circa 500-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 9.88 g). Traces of inscription at the edge of the flan Centaur galloping to right, carrying off nymph whose right hand is raised in protest. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Asyut 78 (same dies). Kraay/Hirmer 375 var. SNG ANS 980. Rare. A particularly sharply struck and attractive example. Nicely toned, nearly extremely fine.