Details
LOT 2919
Boiotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC.
Wast(ias), magistrate. Boiotian 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. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.(12.14gr, 22mm, 2h).
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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LOT 2919
Boiotia, Thebes AR Stater.
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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