Lot 1733
Sale 131 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Boiotia, Thebes, (425-400 B.C.), silver stater, (11.81 g), obv. Boiotian shield, rev. amphora in incuse square, with grape bunch on vine to left, across field **Q E* either side, (cf.S.2384, BCD 396 [Triton IX This Coin], cf.Myron Hoard 253-257 [Pl.B, 29-30, same reverse die], Head 'Boeotia' p.40, cf.Traite 249 [Pl.CC, 19], HGC 4, 1325). Toned, good very fine and rare.
Ex BCD Collection, sold Triton IX, January 10, 2006 (lot 395), previously from Sotheby's London, November 17, 1976 (lot 23). Lot includes CNG ticket and collectors detailed description in a flip.
- Estimate
- $800
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $550