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ID:     842129
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     BOEOTIA
City:     Thebes
Date Ruled:     Circa 425-395 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Stater
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC Circa 425-395
Diameter:     22 mm
Weight:     12.23 g
Obverse Description:     Boeotian shield
Reverse Legend:     Θ
Reverse Description:     Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath; Θ
Primary Reference:     BCD Boiotia 440 (this coin)
Reference2:     Head, Boeotia P. 36, class Β, pl. III, 4 = BMC 54, pl. XIII, 5
Reference3:     Myron pl. B, 11 (same dies)
Reference4:     SNG Cop -; SNG Delepierre 1353 (same rev. die)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=139335
Grade:     EF, even grey tone, golden hues around the devices.
Notes:     Struck with an artistic reverse die. Ex BCD Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 440; Sotheby’s (21 November 1985, lot 101 (£8000 hammer).