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Auction 14 18-19 Apr 2018
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Bisaltian District, Derrones. Dodecadrachm.
c. 475-450 BC. Dodecadrachm, 34.70g (7h). Obv: Ox cart with basket-weave sides driven right by bearded man with whip, Corinthian helmet above, Π between ox's legs, I to right, Ǝ above. Rx: Triskeles of human legs. Unpublished, but several from the same dies have appeared in trade in recent years. Purchased from Apollo Numismatics in 2006. Svoronos knew the inscriptions Euergetes , Xe..., and Ekco... on dodecadrachms of the Derrones (pl. ii, 5-7), and surmised that they might be the names of tribal chieftains. Our unpublished coin adds the new name ΠΕΙ... to this short list. This is only the second time we have had a mint state Derrones. Fully lustrous and struck on a broad flan. Mint State.
c. 475-450 BC. Dodecadrachm, 34.70g (7h). Obv: Ox cart with basket-weave sides driven right by bearded man with whip, Corinthian helmet above, Π between ox's legs, I to right, Ǝ above. Rx: Triskeles of human legs. Unpublished, but several from the same dies have appeared in trade in recent years. Purchased from Apollo Numismatics in 2006. Svoronos knew the inscriptions Euergetes , Xe..., and Ekco... on dodecadrachms of the Derrones (pl. ii, 5-7), and surmised that they might be the names of tribal chieftains. Our unpublished coin adds the new name ΠΕΙ... to this short list. This is only the second time we have had a mint state Derrones. Fully lustrous and struck on a broad flan. Mint State.