Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, the Derrones, silver decadrachm, c. 500-480 BC, ΔΕΡΟΝΙΚ, pair of yoked bulls wearing fillets around necks standing left on double exergual line, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 33.57g, several punch marks to the reverse, otherwise very fine and very rare. This coin published: SNG Rosen 119. References: cf. Asyut 33-37; Svoronos pl. 1, 7; SNG ANS 928; ACGC 487. Provenance: Jonathan P Rosen Collection; Münzen und Medaillen 72, Basel, 6 October 1987, lot 380; NFA XXIX, Los Angeles, 13 August 1992, lot 68; Sotheby's Zurich, Athena Fund sale, 27 October 1993, lot 320; Bank Leu 77, Zurich, 11 May 2000, lot 150; William and Louise Fielder Collection; Triton VIII, New York, 11 January 2005, lot 221; MIT Collection; CNG 87, Lancaster PA, 18 May 2011, lot 20; Daniel Koppersmith Collection, CNG 94, Lancaster PA, 18 September 2013, lot 182. Note: As Kraay has commented: "the tribes of Macedonia and Thrace are for the most part shadowy entities..." (ACGC p. 138). The Derrones tribe typifies this remark and its location remains unclear although hoard evidence points to the general area of ancient Paeonia; two hoards of exclusively Derrones dodecadrachms were discovered, one at Veličkovo in 1937 (IGCH 690) and the other at Ishtib (Stip) in 1912 (IGCH 355). That five examples of the decadrachm, as here, were found in the famous Asyut hoard points to a date of c. 500-480 BC but the heavier dodecadrachms, missing from Asyut, ought then to be dated somewhat later, probably around 470. (8000 - 12000 GBP)