THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES
An Extremely Rare Tetradrachm of The Derrones
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Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, The Derrones (c.520-500 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 13.54g. Bull walking to left, its head lowered, on ground line. Rev. Small incuse square with irregular surface (Svoronos, HPM, 33, pl. II, 19 = Babelon, Traité IV, 1227, pl. CCCXXVI, 20 = J. Kagan, ‘Some Archaic Bovine Curiosities’, ANS MN 33, 1988, p. 41, 4, pl. 16 (this reverse die); cf. Giessener Münzhandlung 52, 1990, lot 148; SNG ANS -). Struck on a very broad flan, toned, very fine, exceedingly rare, apparently only two other recorded examples. $ 15,000 Purchased from Athena, Munich, 27 October 1989
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Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, The Derrones (c.500 B.C.), Silver Tetrobol, 2.43g, . Bull kneeling to right, its head turned backwards, a floral ornament above. Rev. Corinthian helmet to right, within an incuse (SNG ANS 933; AMNG III, 145, 4, pl. XXVII, 33). Toned, obverse good very fine, reverse fine. $ 1,950 Purchased from Bank Leu AG, Zurich, 4 January 1990