Fine Style Portrait of Dionysos from BCD
Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 498. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 425-395 BC. AR Stater (12.17 g, 3h). Boeotian shield, club across upper half; c/m: ivy leaf on round punch / Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; all within square incuse. BCD Boiotia 436 (same rev. die). Good VF, toned, minor porosity, typical die rust on obverse.
Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lot 622; Hess-Leu (24 March 1959), lot 200.