Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 287. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 425-400 BC. AR Stater (12.22 gm, 1 or 7h). Boeotian shield; banker's mark in center / Wreathed head of Dionysos right in incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 282-284; BMC Central Greece 58. VF, toned, typical small flan, die rust on reverse, small banker's mark on obverse. ($1000)

From the H.B. Collection. Ex Leu 77 (11-12 May 2000), lot 202.

The interesting banker's mark on this specimen appears to have the form of a human ear.