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Auction 26 21 May 2023
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BOEOTIA. Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. Obol (Silver, 11.5 mm, 0.73 g), possibly struck under the magistrate Theoti..., circa 363-348. Boeotian shield, with a horizontal club to left across the upper half. Rev. Head of youthful Herakles wearing lionskin headdress to right; in the field to right, ⨀Ε; all within a circular incuse. BCD Boiotia 548. Bérend 38. HGC 4, 1359. Nicely toned. Good very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 2, 21 February 1990, 164 and from the collection of E. Bissen, Naville XII, 18 October 1926, 1380.
The attribution to the magistrate Theot(i) is based on an intriguing but highly speculative conjecture of BCD's given in the note to lot 548 of BCD Boiotia.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 2, 21 February 1990, 164 and from the collection of E. Bissen, Naville XII, 18 October 1926, 1380.
The attribution to the magistrate Theot(i) is based on an intriguing but highly speculative conjecture of BCD's given in the note to lot 548 of BCD Boiotia.