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Back to previous pageBoeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC.
Wast(ias), magistrate. Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
PROVENANCE:
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938.
Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB.
Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198.
Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
FOOTNOTES:
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination.
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