Triton XXII, Lot: 174. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Tyntenoi. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Oktadrachm (32mm, 28.49 g). Heavy ‘Thraco-Macedonian’ standard. Herdsman, wearing petasos, guiding two bulls right; TVИTИ-O-(retrograde Σ) around / Wheel with four spokes within incuse square. Peykov A2000 var. (ethnic); cf. Topalov 26 (earlier issue); HPM –; cf. ACGC 485 (earlier issue); AMNG –; HGC 3, –. VF, toned, area of flat strike, a little off center. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma XIV (21 September 2017), lot 122; Gorny & Mosch 232 (5 October 2015), lot 120 (hammer €14.000).