Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 458. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Thebes. Circa 405-395 BC. AR Stater (11.87 g). Boiotian shield / Facing head of bearded Dionysos three-quarter face right, wearing ivy wreath; Q-E across lower field; all within shallow circular incuse. Head, Boeotia p. 41 = BMC p. 79, 104, pl. XIV, 9; Myron Hoard pl. G, 5; Jameson 1164; Gustav Philipsen Collection (J. Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909), 898 (same dies). VF, even grey tone, rough reverse surfaces. Very rare. ($2000)

Ex Hess-Leu 24 March 1959, lot 203.

A more charming and less traditional version of the previous Dionysos. There is an air of wild abandon about him, and even the ivy leaves around his head are flying about. A vibrantly expressive portrait epitomizing late classical art at its best.