THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES. The Bisaltae. Ca. 480-465 BC. AR octodrachm (32mm, 28.50 gm). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, marks. Graeco-Asiatic standard. CΙ-ΣΑΛ-ΤΙΚΩΝ, bridled horse prancing right, on his far side nude warrior 'Ares' standing right, shoulders facing, wearing causia and holding two spears horizontally / Shallow quadripartite incuse square. cf. Svoronos plate XI, 6 (legend breaks). cf. BMC 1-2. cf. SNG ANS 919. Ex Swiss collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 114, 6 May 2019), lot 141; A. Tkalec, private sale in 1994 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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