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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 99. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Federal Coinage. Circa 250 BC. AR Drachm (5.09 g, 12h). Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) three-quarter face right, wearing corn-wreath / Poseidon, naked, standing right, resting on trident and holding dolphin; to left, BOIWTWN upward; to right, DX above Boiotian shield. Head, Boeotia p. 86; BMC p. 40, 79; SNG Cop. 383; McClean 5617, pl. 202, 16; Dewing 1516-1517. Good VF, lightly toned with gold iridescent highlights, a die break just beginning on the right cheek of Persephone. Well centered. ($300)

Ex Glendining 21 June 1972, lot 184.