Ancients THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES. The Bisaltae. Ca. 480-465 BC

Ancients
THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES. The Bisaltae. Ca. 480-465 BC. AR octodrachm (32mm, 29.04 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, light marks. Graeco-Asiatic standard. B-ΙΣ-ΑΛ-Τ-Ι-Κ-O-Ν, bridled horse prancing right, nude warrior 'Ares' standing right on his far side, shoulders facing, wearing causia, two horizontal spears in right hand / Shallow, stippled, quadripartite incuse square. MGK 407 (this coin). cf. Svoronos plate XI, 6 (legend breaks). Traité I, 1489, pl. XLV, 1. A superior example, with excellent use of depth. The horse and Ares are magnificently toned and appear to be on separate planes.

From the Paramount Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 83 (6 May 2002), lot 164; Sotheby's London (5 July 1995), lot 45; Münzen und Medaillen, Auction 77 (18 September 1992), lot 60

The Bisaltae were one of the powerful Thraco-Macedonian tribes that struck coinage in the late 6th and early 5th centuries.

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Estimate: 5000-7000 USD