378, Lot: 718. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ELECTROTYPES, Thraco-Macedonian Tribes. Orreskioi. Circa 480-465 BC. “AR Oktodrachm” (33mm, 25.26 g). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons. Herdsman, holding two spears, guiding two bulls, one with head reverted, right upon linear ground line / Quadripartite incuse square. Head,
Guide, Period I.B., 16; cf. HPM pl. V, 4 (for prototype). As made, attractively toned.