Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 83. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Federal Coinage. 287-244 BC. Æ 20mm (5.84 g, 6h). Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Nike standing right, wielding thunderbolt and holding aegis; monogram to lower left, BOIWTWN downward on right, Boiotian shield to outer right. Head, Boeotia p. 83; BMC p. 39, 68, pl. VI, 3; SNG Cop. 377; McClean 5626, pl. 203, 1. Good VF, medium brown patina. Rare. ($200)

Although this and the following types and varieties exist in most major numismatic museum collections and are listed in some reference books, it is actually quite difficult to locate them in commerce.