Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 189. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Orchomenos. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Obol (0.76 g). Wheat grain, sprouting end upward; E to right / Square incuse with a recessed large triangle (divided by a line), a small triangle, and a square (divided by a line). SNG Fitzwilliam 2869 var. (no ethnic); Boston MFA 990 var. (same); Rosen 180 var. (same). VF, well centered, slightly porous. ($200)

The pattern on the reverse is a mirror image of that on the previous lot. One may notice that the style is also slightly less refined, and that this pattern deterioration continues through the next lot.