Triton XVII, Lot: 113. Estimate $10000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Derrones. Circa 480-465 BC. AR Dodekadrachm (36mm, 39.22 g). Driver, holding goad in right hand, reins in left, driving ox cart right; above, crested Corinthian helmet right; solar disc or wheel below / Clockwise triskeles with central O. Peykov 1420 var. (legend on obv., floral ornaments on rev.); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, attractively toned, minor double strike. Unpublished variey.

Lot comes with a Greek export certificate.

The dodekadrachms of the Derrones typically feature either the helmet or solar wheel in the field above the scene, sometimes with a secondary symbol below. On this piece, both primary symbols are present, which is unknown on other coins of the Derrones. The context and meaning of the types of the Derrones' dodekadrachms are still being debated. Little is known of this tribe other than what can be gleaned from their surviving coinage. Hoard find-spots suggest that they inhabited inland Paeonia, and the absence of their coins from the Asyut hoard suggests that the coinage postdates the burial of that hoard. The obverse type depicts a male figure who is most likely the tribal king and hereditary high priest while the helmet suggests a military reference.