Dedicated to Zeus

CNG 99, Lot: 116. Estimate $400. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 395-387 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 12.12 g). Boeotian shield / Amphora; above, bow and arrow pointing upward. BCD Boiotia 6 (this coin); HGC 4, 1163. VF, toned, minor obverse die flaws, faint grafitti (“ΔII") in reverse field.

From the LJH Collection. Ex BCD Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 6.

From the BCD sale: “The graffiti means that this coin was dedicated to Zeus, ΔII being the votive case for ZEYΣ in ancient Greek.”