Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1



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                        Lot: 65

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                        THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES: Derrones. Ca. 480-450 BC. AR 
                        dodecadrachm (39.65 gm).

                        Derrones. Ca. 480-450 BC. Silver dodecadrachm (39.65 
                        gm). Male driver in ox cart left, holding goad in raised 
                        right hand and reins in left, crested Corinthian helmet 
                        left above ox / Triskeles of human legs, palmettes 
                        between legs. Svoronos pl. ii, 2-3 (same obverse die). 
                        Cf. AMNG III/2, pl. xxv, 18 (of earlier style). Rare. Of 
                        more refined style than is normally encountered and 
                        better centered with both the driver and ox's head on 
                        the flan. Very fine 


                        Estimated Value: $ 12,500 




...Sold for $8,500 USD [ approx 6460 EUR, 4505 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).