Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 628. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of 24 different Boiotian AR Fractions.

(a) Federal Coinage. Circa 395-340 BC. AR Obol (0.81 g). As lot 46. SNG Cop. 178. Struck on an unusually large flan.

(b) Koroneia. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Obol (0.86 g). As lot 167. SNG Cop. 182. Rare.

(c) Koroneia. Circa 400-350 BC. AR Obol (0.82 g). Similar to lot 172 but with hair in braids and the tongue showing. This reverse die not in consulted references. Rare.

One more unpublished (?) reverse die from this fascinating range of miniature Gorgons from Koroneia. Style and fabric of this one, as well as the lack of an ethnic, suggest an earlier rather than later issue.

(d) Mykalessos. Circa 400-375 BC. AR Obol (0.66 g). As lot 178 but not overstruck. BMC 1, pl. VIII, 1.

(e) Orchomenos. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Obol (0.86 g). As lot 183 (same dies). SNG Lockett 1724.

(f) Orchomenos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.90 g). As lot 191 (same obverse die). BMC 12.

(g) Orchomenos. Late 5th century-364 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.44 g, 12h). As lot 211(b). BMC p. 55, 31, pl. VIII, 14. Rare.

(h) Orchomenos. Late 5th century-364 BC. AR Tritetartemorion or Tritemorion (3/4 obol). (0.51 g). As lot 215(b). Head, Boeotia p. 48. Rare.

(i) Orchomenos. Late 5th century-364 BC. AR Tritetartemorion or Tritemorion (3/4 obol). (0.52 g, 2h). As lot 218(a). Scarce type, this variety unpublished.

(j) Pharai. 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.82 g). As lot 236. BMC 4, pl. IX, 2.

(k) Tanagra. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.80 g). As lot 278 (same rev, die). Head, Boeotia p. 52.

(l) Thebes. 525-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.45 g). As lot 326. BMC p. 33, 13.

(m) Thebes. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Obol (0.95 g). As lot 355. SNG Cop. 253. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Sotheby's London 25 October 1984), lot 69 (part).

(n) Thebes. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.34 g). As lot 358(a). SNG Cop. 255.

(o) Thebes. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.15 g). As lot 361. SNG Cop. 259. Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 59 (18 November 1993), lot 22.

(p) Thebes. Circa 460s-440s BC. AR Obol (0.98 g). As lot 365. SNG Cop. 263. Ex Claude Burgan MBS 17 (30 June 1984), lot 243.

(q) Thebes. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.23 g). As lot 431. SNG Lockett 3535.

(r) Thebes. Circa 425-395 BC. AR Tritetartemorion (0.55 g). As lot 446. Weber 3267. Rare.

Although this coin was bought from a California dealer it is sure to have an old European sale pedigree. The red sealing wax remnants are typical of coins which appeared at auction in the early part of the twentieth century as, at the time, all coins to be photographed were cast from such material.

(s) Thebes. Circa 425-395 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.31 g). As lot 463. SNG Cop. 291.Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Sotheby's London 25 October 1984), lot 69 (part).

(t) Thebes. Circa 425-395 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.23 g). As lot 467. Weber 3261.

(u) Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. AR Obol (0.96 g). Theot(i)-, magistrate. Struck circa 363-348 BC. As lot 548 (reverse die from the same hand). BMC 169, pl. XV, 10.

(v) Thespiai. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.63 g). As lot 591. Dewing 1523.

(w) Thespiai. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.89 g). As lot 598. SNG Cop. 401.

(x) Thespiai. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.88 g). As lot 608. SNG Cop. 405. Ex Auctiones 4 (26 November 1974), lot 105; Münzen und Medaillen 28 (19 June 1964), lot 134; A. Hess 15 February 1934, lot 319; L. Hamburger 98 (3 April 1933), lot 653.

Coins average VF condition. Twenty-four (24) coins in lot. ($2000)