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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 227. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BOIOTIA, Orchomenos. Lot of two Æ of different types. (a) Circa 370-364 BC. Æ 14mm (2.60 g). Boiotian shield, grain ear along vertical centreline / Star of eight rays; E-P-X-O clockwise around, arrayed within alternating spaces. Head, Boeotia p. 50, pl. IV, 13 = BMC 36, pl. VIII, 16; SNG Cop. 206; Weber 3217 // (b) Circa 210 BC. Æ 13mm (1.69g, 10h). Bust of Arsinoe III (as Hera) right, veiled, sceptre over shoulder; border of dots / Tripod; EP downward on right, XO downward on left; all within laurel wreath tying below. Head, Boeotia p. 94, pl. VI, 11 = BMC 39, pl. VIII, 16. Coins Good VF and VF, respectively. Rare. Two (2) coins in lot. ($300)