Very Rare Plataiai Hemidrachm

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 199. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOEOTIA, Plataiai. Circa 387-372 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.75 g). Boeotian shield / [P]LA, head of Hera right, wearing stephanos. BCD Boiotia 240 (same dies); Head, Boeotia p. 50, pl. IV, 14 = BMC 1, pl. IX, 3; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité III 330, pl. CCIII, 28-29; Pozzi 1389 = Pozzi (Boutin) 3212; Weber 3222 (same rev. die); Locker Lampson 197 (same dies). Good VF, dark iridescent toning, a few light scratches on reverse. Very rare.

From the BCD Collection. Ex Sotheby Zurich (3 April 1973), lot 397.