Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 201. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Orchomenos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.97 g). Wheat grain, sprouting end upward; E to right / Large E in a slightly rectangular incuse. Boston MFA 991. VF, even grey tone, slightly porous. Extremely rare. ($500)

One may consider this reverse a development which should place this coin later in time but the fabric and the style argue against such an idea. A useful reminder that stylistic developments did not always proceed logically.