Triton XIV, Lot: 121. Estimate $20000. Sold for $26000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Thespiai. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Stater (22mm, 12.19 g). Boeotian shield / Head of Aphrodite Melainis to right; crescents to right and below neck, ΘEΣΠ-IKON flanking neck. BCD Boiotia 605 (same dies); Head, Boeotia p. 56, pl. IV, 20 = BMC 9 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; Boston MFA Supp. 94 (same rev. die). EF, lightly toned, slight die shift. Rare.