Lot 3875

Description

Boiotia, Boiotian League, Federal Coinage, silver drachm, (225-171 B.C.), (4.506 grams), obv. bearded laureate head of Poseidon to right, dotted border, Rev. BOI**WTWN* to left, outwards and downwards, Nike draped standing to left resting on trident, wreath in left hand, monogram of **GAN* to left; another (4.414 grams), obv. similar, rev. similar with monogram M/K to left, (cf.S. 2404, BCD 126, 128 [Triton IX], BMC 92-3, 98). Fine - very fine with some hoard patination and surface corrosion. (2)

Ex Glendining's London, May 26, 1982 (lot 37) as part of a small hoard. The hoard contained 22 coins (Thebes BMC 112) drachms (7) (BMC 19), Boeotian (6) (BMC 90-104, 75-80), and hemidrachms (14) of Tricca, Sicyon (3), Chalcis, Phocis, Histaia (5) and Boeotia (3). From an uncertain mint but believed to be Thebes.