Lot 2243

Sale 140 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Boeotia, Thebes, (363-338 B.C.), silver stater (12.17 g), Olym., magistrate, obv. Boiotian shield, rev. amphora in concave field, spearhead to right above [off flan], across field to left O**L* and to right YM, (cf.S.2398, Hepworth 77, BCD Boiotia 558, HGC 4, 1334). Lightly toned, well centred, very fine and rare.

Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection.^CNG Auction 412, lot 176. Previously Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 109. The BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 75, 23 May 2007), lot 266.

Estimate
$800
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$2,400