256, Lot: 92. Estimate $150.
Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BOEOTIA, Orchomenos. Circa 370-364 BC. Æ (15mm, 2.23 g). Grain ear on Boeotian shield / Star of eight rays. BCD Boiotia 255. VF, brown patina. Rare.
An early bronze struck between the Battle of Leuktra and the inevitable destruction of Orchomenos, an ally of the Spartans.
