Finest Known Fully Fluted Amphora

Triton XVIII, Lot: 505. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 395-387 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 12.21 g). Boeotian shield / Amphora, fully fluted; bow above, BO-IΩ across field; all within incuse concave circle. BCD Boiotia 8 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Manchester 938; BMC 48; Myron Hoard pl. ΣΤ, 3; Traité III 369. EF, lightly toned. The finest known fully fluted amphora on Boeotian coinage.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 54 (24 March 2010), lot 93.