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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 234. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. THRACE, Abdera. Circa 411/0-386/5 BC. 
                                AR Tetradrachm (12.98 gm, 9h). Molpagores, 
                                magistrate. Estimate $2500 Sold For $3000 

                              THRACE, Abdera. Circa 411/0-386/5 BC. AR 
                              Tetradrachm (12.98 gm, 9h). Molpagores, 
                              magistrate. [ABDHRI]TEWN, griffin seated left, 
                              right forepaw raised / EPI MOL-PAGOREW, female 
                              (kalathiskoi) wearing short chiton and tall 
                              circular headdress dancing right; all within 
                              shallow incuse square. May, Abdera, Group C, 313 
                              (A228/P266; this coin); AMNG II 100 (same dies as 
                              plate coin); BMC Thrace -; SNG Copenhagen -; 
                              Traité pl. CCCXXXV, 15 (same dies). EF, attractive 
                              light iridescent toning, obverse struck a little 
                              off-center. ($2500)

                              The kalathiskoi dancers were associated with the 
                              pastoral festival of Apollo Karneios, hence the 
                              headdress shaped like a basket or modius. Another 
                              version of their dance was termed molph and the 
                              type is clearly a punning reference to the 
                              magistrate.

                              See lot 230 for more information on the Abdera and 
                              its coinage.








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