Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 83Estimate: US$6500
                  THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES. Derrones. Silver dodecadrachm 



             



            THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES. Derrones. Ca. 475–450 BC. Silver 
            dodecadrachm (40.70 gm). Ox cart driven right by bearded man wearing 
            kausia and holding whip, crested Corinthian helmet above oxen, 
            palmette on exergual line beneath their bellies / Triskeles of human 
            legs in very shallow incuse square. AMNG III/2, p. 56, 6, pl. xxxv, 
            17 (same dies). Svoronos pl. i, 12 (same dies). Well centered with 
            nearly full beaded border. Extremely fine. 






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  ... Lot 83 sold for high bid of $7250 [ $8337.5, or approx 6444.8875 EUR, 4252.125 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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