Triton XVI, Lot: 267. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Derrones. Circa 480-465 BC. AR Dodekadrachm (35mm, 39.57 g). Male, holding goad in right hand and reins in left, driving ox cart left; above, crested Corinthian helmet left / Clockwise triskeles of legs; palmettes between legs; [all within incuse square]. Cf. Topalov 9; HPM pl. II, 4 = AMNG III 7 = Traité I 1453; SNG ANS –; Triton X, lot 127; CNG 91, lot 102; CNG 81, lot 261. VF, toned, usual small pits on reverse. Well centered strike from dies of refined style. Rare.

Ex Gemini I (11 January 2005), lot 65.