Boeotarch’s Collection

Islands off Attica. Aegina, circa 525-480 BC. AR Obol (9.2 mm, 0.70 g.). Sea turtle, head in profile. Rev. Incuse square with 'Union Jack' pattern. Wartenberg, ‘A Hoard of Archaic Obols of Aegina (Coin Hoards VIII.20),’ Aleksanderia (2021), Obol Group IV, 30. Irregular flan. About good very fine. Rare.

BOEOTIA, Orchomenos. Circa 525-500 BC. AR Obol (7.5mm, 0.85 g). Wheat grain / Large square incuse quartered perpendicularly, with additional diagonal line. BCD Boiotia 186; HGC 4, –. Toned, granular surfaces. VF.

Thebes
Drachm circa 525-480, AR 15 mm, 5.96 g. Boiotian shield. Rev. Square incuse with anticlockwise mill-sail pattern. BMC p. 32, 2. SNG Delepierre 1924. SNG Copenhagen 241.
Old cabinet tone and good very fine
Ex Gorny & Mosch sale 196, 2011, 1504.

BOEOTIA. Thebes. 525-480 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 5.60 g). Boeotian shield. Rev. Incuse square divided into eight sections, three raised, five incuse. BCD Boiotia 324. SNG Copenhagen 243. Crystallized surfaces*, otherwise,* very fine.

Boeotia Tanagra, 525 - 480 BC. AR DRACHM

BOEOTIA, Thebes. 525-480 BC. AR Drachm (15 mm, 6.03 grams). Boeotian shield / Square incuse with counterclockwise mill-sail pattern.
BCD Boiotia 328; HGC 4, 1337
Condition: Near EF, fine metal and a fine deep strike. Light grey tone.

Boeotia, Haliartos 525-480 BC. 15mm 5.92g, Drachm.

Boeotia: Thebes. AR Stater. Struck circa 480-460 B.C. (19 mm, 12.02 gm).
Obverse: Boeotian shield.
Reverse: Square incuse with clockwise mill-sail pattern, Q in center.
S.1783, Myron Hoard [Pl.A, 14, BMC 4, BCD 3540, SNG Fitz 2905, ACNAC Rosen 179, HGC 4, 1308
7mm thick! Heavy for such a small flan!
Lovely toning forming

BOEOTIA. Thebes. Circa 480-460 BC. Hemidrachm (silver, 5.77 g, 15 mm). Boeotian shield. Rev. Incuse square with clockwise mill-sail pattern, with archaic Θ (ethnic first letter) in centre. BCD Boiotia 345. Very fine.

BOEOTIA. Thebes. Circa 480-460 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 12 mm, 2.78 g). Boeotian shield. Rev. Incuse square with clockwise mill-sail pattern, with archaic Θ (ethnic first letter) in center. BCD Boiotia 346. SNG Copenhagen 252. Toned. Some porosity*, otherwise,* about very fine.

Tanagra
Drachm circa 479-475, AR 15 mm, 5.71 g. Boiotian shield, horizontal T facing inward in one opening. Rev. Square incuse; T in two opposing incuse sections. BCD Boiotia 250.
About very fine
Ex Künker sale 182, 2011, 213.

Thebes AR Stater Herakles

Thebes
Stater circa 425-395, AR 23 mm, 12.05 g. Boeotian shield. Rev. Θ – E Infant Heracles seated facing on ground, head r., strangling snake in each hand; bow in upper l. field. Traité III 264 and pl. CCI, 7. SNG Lockett 1748. BCD Boiotia 459.
Rare. Struck on a narrow flan, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Künker sale 182, 2011, 218.

BOEOTIA. Tanagra. 457-448 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 13.5 mm, 2.66 g, 9 h). Boeotian shield. Rev. T-A Forepart of horse to right, within incuse square. BCD Boiotia 255. HGC 4, 1285. Well struck for issue. Very fine.

Tanagra
Obol early-mid IV century BC, AR 10 mm, 0.77 g. Boeotian shield. Rev. T– A Forepart of horse r. BCD Boiotia 275–277. SNG Copenhagen 299ff.
Old cabinet tone and very fine
Ex Gorny & Mosch sale 196, 2011, 1499.

BOEOTIA. Tanagra. early-mid 4th century BC. Obol Boeotian shield. Rev. T-A Forepart of horse to right; pellet below. BCD Boiotia 296. HGC 4, 1292. A rare variety with the pellet below the horse. Porosity*, otherwise,* very fine.

BOEOTIA. Tanagra. early-mid 4th century BC. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.67 g, 3 h). Boeotian shield. Rev. TA Forepart of horse to left. BCD Boiotia 269. HGC 4, 1291. Toned. Minor marks and some porosity*, otherwise,* good fine.

Boeotia, Thebes Hemiobol

BOEOTIA. Mykalessos. Circa 400-375 BC. Obol (Silver, 10.5 mm, 0.86 g, 1 h). Boeotian shield. Rev. M - Y Thunderbolt; all within an oval incuse. BCD Boeotia 178. BMC 1. HGC 4, 1231. SNG Copenhagen 190-191. Toned and scarce. Obverse somewhat off-centre; minor marks*, otherwise,* nearly very fine.

BOEOTIA. Mykalessos. Circa 400-375 BC. Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.82 g, 6 h). Boeotian shield. Rev. M-Y Thunderbolt; all within shallow round incuse. BCD Boiotia 178-80. HGC 4, 1231. SNG Copenhagen 190-1. Porous, and a small edge chip*, otherwise,* very fine.