Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3244 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $600
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SOLD $380
BOEOTIA, Thebes, (378-338 B.C.), silver stater, (12.178 grams), obv. Boeotian shield, rev. amphora, with letters **KA BI* either side, (cf.S.2398, Hepworth Series D1, No.61, BMC 150, McClean 5601, Weber 3279, SNG Cop. 339, BCD Triton IX Sale lot 539). Off centred obverse, nearly extremely fine and a very scarce type.
Robert Hepworth 'The 4th Century B.C. Magistrate Coinage of the Boiotian Confederacy pp.61-89 (Numisatic Chronicle, Hellenic Numismatic Society, 1998) describes the series as having 97 different reverse varieties noted from 1700 examples recorded from all the sources. The series is divided into four major groups with sub-division within. It is established by die-links and hoard evidence of the approximate order of issue. The series appears to have an annual change of magistrates.
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