CNG 91, Lot: 102. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Derrones. Circa 480-465 BC. AR Dodekadrachm (32mm, 39.64 g). Driver, holding goad and reins, driving ox cart left; above, crested Corinthian helmet left / Clockwise triskeles; palmette between legs; [all within incuse square]. Cf. Topalov 9; HPM pl. II, 4 = AMNG III 7 = Traité I 1453 (same obv. die); SNG ANS –; Triton X, lot 127 (same obv. die); CNG 81, lot 261 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, a couple pits on reverse. Well struck for this typically crude issue.