Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 232. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Pharai. Circa 475-450 BC. AR Stater (12.33 g). Boiotian shield, rim divided into twelve segments / Square incuse with clockwise mill-sail pattern; archaic phi in centre. BMC 2. VF, even grey tone. A rare variety. ($500)

Ex Pierre-Carlo Vian Collection (Poindessault-Vedrines, 15 November 1991), lot 193.