Lot 2742

The Orrescii - AR Octodrachm (c. 500-465 BC, 28.01 g) - ΟΡΡΗ-Σ-Κ-ΙΟΗ (Σ reversed) Hermes, naked and bearded, wearing causia, walking between two bulls, holding two spears in right hand, reaching to neck of the bull in front, all on ground line and within dotted border / Quadripartite incuse square (BMC Macedonia 146, 2 / SNG ANS 977 / Price ‘Coins of the Macedonians’, London, 1974, pl. III, 13 (this obv. die) / Svoronos ‘L'Hellénisme primitif de la Macédoine prouvé par la numismatique et l'or du Pangée’, JIAN 19, 1919, pl. V, 2–3 (this obv. die) / Kraay-Hirmer pl. 123, 376 (this obv. die)) – NGC graded AU*, strike 5/5, surface 3/5, making this very rare coin probably the finest known. Truly an attractive and imposing coin on a broad flan of good silver.