Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 297. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. BOEOTIA, Thebes. Confederate coinage. 
  Circa 378/1-335 BC. AR Stater (12.22 gm, 3 or 
  9h). Psaro-, magistrate. Estimate $2000 
  $3250 

BOEOTIA, Thebes. Confederate coinage. Circa 
378/1-335 BC. AR Stater (12.22 gm, 3 or 9h). 
Psaro-, magistrate. Boeotian shield / Amphora 
between two ivy foliages with fruit; YA-RO across 
lower field. Hepworth 95 (same dies as plate 
coin); BMC Central Greece pg. 84, 168; SNG 
Copenhagen 353 var. (no foliage); Pozzi 3294 (same 
reverse die); Winterthur 1919 (same reverse die); 
Dewing 1514 (same reverse die). EF, small die 
breaks on obverse. Wonderful reverse strike from a 
fresh die. ($2000)

In his article on the Boeotian magistrate coinage, 
Hepworth notes that this particular issue “is 
unsurpassed artistically in the entire magistrate 
series.”

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