From Rosen and Walcher von Molthein
AMNG Plate Coin
CNG 99, Lot: 60. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Mygdones or Krestones. Circa 490 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 1.16 g). Goat kneeling left, head right / Quadripartite incuse square. Lorber,
Goats 12 (this coin referenced); HPM –; AMNG III/2, p. 19, 9, pl. V, 28 = Rosen 89 = Walcher von Molthein 2598 (this coin). VF, toned, slight granularity, a couple old scrapes. Very rare.
Ex Victor England Inventory 80842 (c. 1987–9); Jonathan P. Rosen Collection, 89 (not in MMAG or NFA sales); Léopold Walcher de Molthein Collection (Cahn 9, 25 February 1901), lot 2598.
The AMNG and Walcher von Molthein catalogs erroneously list the weight of this piece as 1.27 grams.