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                                Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 547. Closing Date: Monday, 
                                9 January 2006. BOIOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 
                                BC. AR Obol (0.73 g). Theot(i)-, magistrate. 
                                Struck circa 363-348 or circa 379 BC.Estimate 
                                $150 Sold For $90 

                              BOIOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. AR Obol (0.73 
                              g). Theot(i)-, magistrate. Struck circa 363-348 or 
                              circa 379 BC. Boiotian shield, [club left across 
                              upper half] / Youthful head of Herakles right, 
                              wearing lion's skin headdress; QE downward on 
                              upper right; all within incuse concave circle. Cf. 
                              Head, Boeotia p. 69. Good Fine, surface deposits. 
                              Very rare variety. ($150)

                              All published specimens of this type have the 
                              legend to the lower right and are of a later 
                              fabric and style (see next lot); this is an 
                              exception and from the more rigid style and the 
                              earlier fabric it could easily be a rare early 
                              obol issue of QE-OG, the magistrate who issued the 
                              fine style staters upon the resumption of the 
                              coinage following the liberation of the Cadmeia 
                              (see above, lots 502 and 503).








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