Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 596. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Thespiai. Early-mid 4th century BC. AR Obol (0.69 g). Boiotian shield / Two horizontal crescents back to back; Q-E-(three-barred sigma)-PI clockwise outward around from the top; all within incuse circle. This variety unpublished in the standard references. VF, small flan splits, some surface roughness, light scratch on the shield. ($150)