Boiotia, Thebes, (425-400 B.C.), silver stater, (11.99 g), obv. Boiotian shield, rev. amphora in incuse circle, with ivy leaf hanging outwards from right handle, across field Q E either side, (cf.S.2389, BCD 391, cf.Traite 247, [Pl.CC,16], cf.Myron Hoard 222-245 [Pl.G, 14], SNG Blackburn 707, HGC 4, 1325). Bright, nearly extremely fine and very rare with ivy leaf on right side.
Ex CNG with their ticket, acquired 22 January 2010.