Live auction - bgr_544021 - BEOTIA - THEBES Hemidrachme ou quart de statère

BEOTIA - THEBES Hemidrachme ou quart de statère XF

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Estimate :	280 €
Price :	175 €
Maximum bid :	175 €
End of the sale :	29 October 2019 14:08:42
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Hemidrachme ou quart de statère

Date: c. 395-340

Mint name / Town : Thèbes, Béotie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 14 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,69 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

BMC.33 pl. 5/12 - Cop.- - B. traité- - GC.2396 var. - HGCS. 4/1166

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Bouclier béotien.

Reverse

Reverse description : Canthare surmonté d’une massue posée horizontalement à droite ; un croissant évidé tourné vers l’intérieur.

Reverse legend : BO-I

Reverse translation : (des Béotiens).

Commentary

Poids léger. Avec les lettres BOI, ce monnayage semble être fédéral et a parfois été donné à l’atelier de Thespies (BMC. 30-37).
Lightweight. With the letters BOI, this coinage seems to be federal and was sometimes given to the mint of Thespies (BMC. 30-37)