Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 57. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Federal Coinage. 338-circa 300 BC. Æ 13mm (2.06 g). Boiotian shield / Ornamented trident upward, with curved crossbar; BOIWTWN upward on left, dolphin upward on right, acorn(?) to lower right. VF, even medium brown patina. Well struck and centered. ($200)

Ex Sotheby's London 1 October 1987, lot 794 (part) [Professor James Brindley Collection].

Acorns are the staple food for pigs and if this symbol is an acorn it may refer to the well known expression "Boiotian swine," which we owe to Pindar, a Boiotian himself. On the other hand, the symbol may not be an acorn but a miniature, stylized bunch of grapes (see BMC p. 38, 59).