Triton XIV, Lot: 57. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Uncertain. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.49 g). Bridled head of horse right / Dolphin left within incuse square. Cf. Tzamalis 87. Near EF, toned. Exceptional fraction.
The diagonally-oriented dolphin on this issue is reminiscent of the scorpion/dolphin fractions also from an uncertain mint in the Thraco-Macedonian region (cf. Rosen 400).