Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, uncertain AR Stater. Circa 500-480 BC. Warrior wearing kausia advancing to right, leading horse by bridle / Incuse square diagonally divided with granulated quarters. Unpublished in the standard references: for a similar issue in the name of the Orreskioi with a similar obverse type, diagonally divided incuse square and on the same Thasian weight standard cf. Peykov 15; Draganov 2000, 45; AMNG III pl. 18, 12; HPM pl. 5, 15. 9.33g, 20mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished in the standard references.
The ancient Greek term Pangéo means 'all earth' and the peoples of the mineral rich Pangaion Hills region may broadly be classified into three groups: Greek colonists, mainly from Chalkidiki and all the Hellenic world, Macedonians, whose rulers claimed Greek decadence and local Thracian tribes who had been driven inland due to the movements of the Greeks into their territories. The last two controlled the considerable mining interests in the region until the 5th century BC and produced a bewildering array of denominations, often imitating each others coin types and weight standards to accommodate diverse international trade and the considerable confusion caused by the two Persian invasions of northern Greece in 492 and 480 BC.
Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished in the standard references.
The ancient Greek term Pangéo means 'all earth' and the peoples of the mineral rich Pangaion Hills region may broadly be classified into three groups: Greek colonists, mainly from Chalkidiki and all the Hellenic world, Macedonians, whose rulers claimed Greek decadence and local Thracian tribes who had been driven inland due to the movements of the Greeks into their territories. The last two controlled the considerable mining interests in the region until the 5th century BC and produced a bewildering array of denominations, often imitating each others coin types and weight standards to accommodate diverse international trade and the considerable confusion caused by the two Persian invasions of northern Greece in 492 and 480 BC.