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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 101. Estimate $100. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Federal Coinage. 220's BC. Æ (4.59 g, 12h). Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) three-quarter face right, wearing corn-wreath / Poseidon, naked, standing left, resting right foot on rock and leaning on trident; to right, [B]OIWTWN downward. Head, Boeotia p. 86, pl. VI, 6 = BMC p. 41, 81, pl. VI, 8; SNG Cop. 384. VF, medium brown patina. Overstruck on Æ of Antigonos Gonatas of the type SNG Cop. 1214-1221. ($100)

The profile of Herakles shows under the facing head of Demeter and on the reverse the forward part of the horse and the monogram of the Macedonian piece are also visible.