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Triton XVII Sessions 1 & 2 7 January 2014
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BOEOTIA, Tanagra. 457-448 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 1.02 g). Boeotian shield / Head of horse right, neck decorated with wreath; T-A across upper field; all within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 261 = Pozzi 1394 = Pozzi (Boutin) 3220 (this coin); Traité III 337, pl. CCIV, 2 = BMC 27 (same dies). Good VF, attractive dark collection tone. Very rare denomination for this period. Possibly the finest known of its type.
Ex BCD Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 261; Prof. S. Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 1921), lot 1394.
In contrast to the later obols from Tanagra which were minted in considerable quantities, the early classical obols with the well defined incuse square on the reverse are very rare, much more so than the hemidrachms of the same period.
Ex BCD Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 261; Prof. S. Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 1921), lot 1394.
In contrast to the later obols from Tanagra which were minted in considerable quantities, the early classical obols with the well defined incuse square on the reverse are very rare, much more so than the hemidrachms of the same period.