Boeotia, Thebes, hemiobol, c. 470-440 BC, half Boeotian shield with Θ below, rev., amphora in incuse square, 0.46g, die axis 7.00 (Bérend [Mildenberg Festschrift], pl. 1, 9, this coin; SNG Fitzwilliam 2922), very fine, an extremely rare variety. Provenance: BCD collection, Triton IX, 10 January 2006, lot 368 (where the existence of the theta on the obverse is first noted – on no other coins of Thebes does it appear on the obverse); Morton & Eden 75, 2 July 2015, lot 8.
(600-800 GBP)