Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 157. Estimate $15000. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Abdera. Circa 492-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.60 gm). Magistrate Dam-. Griffin springing left, both forelegs raised;
DA-M above / Quadripartite incuse square. May,
Abdera 71 (A59/P61) = BMC Thrace pg. 229, 1
d; AMNG II 18; SNG Copenhagen -. Toned EF. Exceptional late archaic artwork. Very rare, only one specimen cited in May, this one much superior. [See color enlargement on plate 5] ($15,000)