Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 345. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BOIOTIA, Thebes. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Drachm (6.00 g). Boiotian shield / Square incuse with anticlockwise mill-sail pattern; diagonal archaic
Q in centre. SNG Cop. 250. Good VF, even grey tone. Rare denomination. ($500)
Ex G. Hirsch 115 (6 April 1979), lot 206.The "Theta in a mill-sail" drachms of Thebes seem to be much rarer than the corresponding staters.