| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 136 Price realized: 4,500 USD (Approx. 4,122 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, Derrones. Circa 480/75-465 BC. AR Tetrastater – "Dodekadrachm" (36mm, 34.43 g). Driver, holding goad in right hand, reins in left, driving ox cart right; above, crested Corinthian helmet right / Counterclockwise triskeles with central pellet-in-annulet within shallow incuse circle. Peykov A1410; HPM p. 8, 13, a and pl. I, 14 (this coin); HGC 3, 279; Rosen Sale 382; Traité I 1449 = de Luynes 1740. Toned, minor scratches and marks, typical doubling and weakness of strike. VF. From the Libertas Collection, purchased 28 February 1982. Ex Theodor Prowe Collection (Part III, Egger XLVI, 11 May 1914), lot 465. Many works of reference describe the Derrones as a tribe centered in Paeonia, based on an important hoard of Derronian dodekadrachms found at Ishtib (ancient Astibus) around 1912. Less well known are smaller finds of Derronian coins far to the east, which indicate the Derrones' territory extended into Thrace. The unfailingly weak reverses of Derronian dodekadrachms are the result of hand-striking extremely large flans. The coins themselves likely served more as silver ingots, a form of storable and moveable wealth, rather than a circulating currency. Estimate: 7500 USD |  |
