Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 249. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Tanagra. 479-475 BC. AR Drachm (5.54 g). Boiotian shield, horizontal T facing inward in one opening / Square incuse with Maltese cross pattern in relief; T in one incuse section. Cf. Numismatica Wien IX (20-21 November 1975), lot 75 (incorrectly listed as Thebes; also overstruck, possibly from the same dies). Near VF, light grey tone, some minor deposits, signs of overstriking on reverse. Rare. ($300)