Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 131. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 225-171 BC. AR Drachm (5.00 g, 7h). Laureate head of Poseidon right, border of dots / Nike standing left, resting on trident and holding wreath; BOIWTWN downward on right; to left, monogram above control letter X. Head, Boeotia p. 90 corr. (Poseidon, not Zeus); SNG Cop. 392; SNG Blackburn 739; Münzen und Medaillen XIX (5 June 1959), lot 420 (same obv. die). EF, attractive grey cabinet tone, slight die shift on reverse. ($500)