Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 598. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Thespiai. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.90 g). Boiotian shield / Horizontal crescent composed of three lines, facing upward; QE(three-barred sigma) above; all within shallow concave circle. Head, Boeotia p. 55, pl. IV, 19 = BMC 5, pl. XVI, 7; SNG Cop. 401-402; SNG Berry 606. Good VF, light grey tone. Well centered and struck. ($300)