Rare Orchomenos Obol from the BCD Collection

333, Lot: 41. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Orchomenos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.91 g). Grain ear / Incuse skew pattern. BCD Boiotia 191 (same dies) and 622e (this coin); SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, toned, slightly porous. Rare.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 308 (7 August 2013), lot 85; Noble Numismatics 82 (25 July 2006), lot 3880; BCD Collection (Triton IX, 10 10 January 2006), lot 622e.