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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 314. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Tanagra. Autonomous issues. 1st century AD. Æ 12mm (2.30 g, 12h). Lyre in linear circle / Winged caduceus in concave field; T-A flanking. RPC I 1329.2 = Pozzi (Boutin) 3230 (this coin); SNG Fitzwilliam 2899. VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare. ($500)

Ex Prof. S. Pozzi Collection, 3230.

The fourth known and one of only two in private hands (another in the BCD collection). The RPC cataloguer does not mention the SNG Fitzwilliam piece.