Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 242. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Thebes. Circa 450-425 BC. AR Stater (12.47 g). Boeotian shield / Nude Herakles advancing right, holding club in his right hand and bow in his left; archaic Q-E downward on left, B to lower left; all within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 413 (same dies); Jameson 1159 (same dies). Good VF, minor die wear on obverse. Very rare, and among the finest known.