Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 71. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 304-294 BC. AR Drachm (5.82 g). Boiotian shield decorated with caduceus along it / Amphora; pellet above, D-I across lower field; all within incuse square. BMC p. 34, 24, pl. V, 8; SNG Cop. 412 corr. (pellet not lid). Good VF, attractive medium grey tone, slight die shift on reverse. ($1000)

Ex Spink Zurich 20 (6 October 1986), lot 235.

The pellet on the reverse of these coins, which appears mostly, but not exclusively, above the "fat amphora" reverses, is usually situated at such a distance from the lid that it is unlikely it represents the knob by which the lid is lifted.