452, Lot: 230. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Orchomenos. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.94 g, 10h). Wheat grain, sprouting end upward; [E to right] / Small quadripartite incuse square with one diagonal line. BCD Boiotia 85 (same rev. punch); HGC 4, 1240. Deeply toned. VF. Double struck on both sides, with dramatic misalignment on reverse.

From the Baldwin Maull Collection, purchased from S. Boutin, 1959.