Live auction - bgr_1012070 - BEOTIA - THEBES Statère

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Estimate :	450 €
Price :	245 €
Maximum bid :	245 €
End of the sale :	13 May 2025 14:09:33
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Statère

Date: c. 425-400 AC.

Mint name / Town : Thèbes, Béotie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 12,03 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.77 pl. 13/15 - Cop.- - B. traité- - HGCS. 4/

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Bouclier béotien.

Reverse

Reverse description : Cratère (diota) ; dans le champ à droite, une grappe de raisin.

Reverse legend : Q-E

Reverse translation : (Thèbes).

Commentary

Au revers, il s’agit bien d’une grappe de raisin à peine visible. Ce type avec les deux premières lettres de l’ethnique serait frappé avant la chute d’Athènes.
On the reverse, it is indeed a barely visible bunch of grapes. This guy with the first two letters of ethnic would be minted before the fall of Athens