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Auction 17  26 Oct 2018
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Lot 124

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 19 000 CHF
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BOEOTIA. Thebes. Circa 425-395 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 11.83 g). Boeotian shield; at the center, countermark of a pellet within a circular indent. Rev. Θ - Ε The infant Herakles seated facing, nude and with his head turned to right, strangling two serpents; in field to left, bow; in field to right, club. BCD Boiotia 455, Gulbenkian 503, and SNG Copenhagen 303 (all struck from the same reverse die). Rare. Well-struck, clear and lightly toned. One of the finest examples of this type known. Nearly extremely fine.

From an English collection formed in the 1990s, ex G. Hirsch Nachf. 167, 26 September 1990, 334.
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