Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3952 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 31ST MARCH) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $700
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SOLD $460
BOIOTIA, Thebes, (Circa 368-364 B.C.), contemporary plated (fourree) stater, (11.19 g), Klion... Magistrate, obv. Boiotian shield, rev. amphora, across fields **KL IWN* all within concave circle, (cf.S.2398, BCD 534B [This Coin, p.100 Triton IX], Head Boeotia p.66, Hepworth C, No.71). Bright, good very fine, well centred, obverse in high relief and very rare.
Ex CNG Auction Sale, Triton IX, January 10, 2006 (lot 534 part). BCD extensive collection of issues of this type only encountered a very few contemporary fourree types. They are of extreme interest and are of a weight and style to be almost indistinguishable for genuine examples. A detailed collector's description ticket with flip is included.
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