The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES. The Derrones (c.480-465 B.C.), Silver Dodekadrachm, 39.92g. Driver, holding a kentron, driving an ox-cart, with wicker sides, to right, a Corinthian helmet above, a flower below. Rev. Triskeles to right, palmettes between legs (Svoronos, HPM, 9, pl. I, 10 (this obverse die); BMC 1; AMNG III, 5, pl. XXV, 16 (this obverse die); SNG ANS 930 (this obverse die); Rosen 120 (this obverse die)). Reverse softly struck and off-centre, lightly toned, nearly very fine, very rare. Purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd., London, 11 July 1983 US$ 9,000
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