Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 220. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Orchomenos. 395-364 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.51 g). Boiotian shield / EPX in a wheat wreath tying below. SNG Cop. 200; McClean 5537, pl. 200, 13. VF, nice medium grey toning; blue hues on the obverse, light porosity on the reverse. Scarce. ($400)

Ex Burgan 17 (30 June 1984), lot 240.

These coins, apart from being quite scarce, are surprisingly difficult to find in decent quality and centering at the same time.