222, Lot: 130. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 220s BC. Æ 17mm (4.11 g, 5h). Wreathed head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right / Poseidon, naked, standing left, resting right foot on rock and leaning on trident. BCD Boiotia 100-107; SNG Copenhagen 384. Fine, dark green patina. Overstruck on a coin of Antigonos II Gonatas(?), with the head of Herakles visible on the obverse.
From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 10489.