Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 227. Jan 10, 2005. 

THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, The Orreskioi. Circa 479-465 BC. AR Oktadrachm (28.34 gm). 

ORR-E-S-KION (S and N reverted), herdsman, holding two spears, guiding two bulls, one with head reverted, right 
upon dotted groundline; flower to right / 
Quadripartite incuse square. 

AMNG III 2 = HPM pl. V, 4 = Traité pl. XLV, 10 = BMC Macedonia pg. 145, 1 (same obverse die); Boston MFA 591 = Warren, Catharine Page Perkins Collection, Boston, 1902), 93 (this coin); 

Ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts Collection (Numismatic 
Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980), lot 89; Catharine 
Page Perkins Collection, 93.


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