346, Lot: 86. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Thespiai. Circa 210 BC. Lot of two Æ. Both coins: Laureate female (Arsinoe III) head right, wearing modius and veil / Chelys. Varieties: (a) Æ 9mm (2.26 g, 10h). ΘΕΣΠΙ−ΕΩΝ downward on right and left of chelys, repectively. SNG Manchester 936; McClean 5652, pl. 203, 15. Very rare // (b) Æ 11mm (1.67 g, 10h). ΘΕΣ−ΠΙΕ[ΩΝ] upward on left and right of chelys, repectively. Unpublished variety. Very rare. Coins Fine and VF, respectively. Two (2) coins in lot.

Ex BCD Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 616. Coin (a) also ex Spink America 6 December 1999, lot 622 (part of).