Stater

Features

Issuer	Thebes (Boeotia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	450 BC - 440 BC
Value	Stater (2)
Currency	Aeginetic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	12.08 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 566763
References	BCD Boiotia# 416 var. Classical Numismatic Group (publisher); 2006. Triton IX / Auction IX: The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. , BMC Greek# 32 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité III# 224 Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Weber# 3250 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , de Luynes# 1995 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Boeotian shield.

Reverse

Nude Herakles kneeling right, stringing bow; club to right; all within square incuse.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΘEBAION

Mint

Thebes, Boeotia, modern-day Greece, Greece

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (450 BC - 440 BC)							$ 18 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 46 Lot 254	2 Apr 2008	VF	USD 21 581.05 (CHF 17 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	CNG Triton X Lot 209	9 Jan 2007	VF	USD 18 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD Collection; ex Virgil Brand Collection (Part III, Sotheby's Zurich, 9 June 1987), lot 73; Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 3250; H. Montagu Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 23 March 1896), lot 366
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 72 Lot 615	14 Jun 2006	VF	USD 8800.00 (+ buyer's premium)
From the BCD collection; ex Christie’s New York (11 December 1992), lot 693
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.