Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 494. Closing Date: Monday, 
  9 January 2006. BOIOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 
  BC. AR Stater (12.19 g). (W)ast-, magistrate. 
  Struck circa 390-382 BC.Estimate $500 sold for $950 

BOIOTIA, Thebes. Circa 395-338 BC. AR Stater 
(12.19 g). (W)ast-, magistrate. Struck circa 
390-382 BC. Boiotian shield / Amphora; above, 
barley grain right; FA-ST across field; all within 
incuse concave circle. Hepworth 36; Head, Boeotia 
p. 64, pl. V, 4 = BMC p. 81, 120, pl. XV, 2; Myron 
Hoard pl. D, 8-10; SNG Cop. 319-320. Good VF, 
evenly toned, gold and blue hues around the 
devices. ($500)

(W)astias was the pro-Spartan rival of 
Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's 
exile and assasination (see below, note to lot 
501).

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