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ID:     74000213
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     BOEOTIA
City:     Thebes
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Stater
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC Circa 425-395
Weight:     11.97 g
Obverse Description:     Boeotian shield
Reverse Legend:     Θ Ε
Reverse Description:     The infant Herakles seated facing, head right, strangling two serpents; bow to left, Θ Ε below; all within incuse circle
Primary Reference:     BCD Boiotia 456
Reference2:     Head, Boeotia -
Reference3:     Myron pl. B, 35
Reference4:     SNG Cop -; TraitÉ III 264; Pozzi 1437 = Pozzi (Boutin) 3260 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96626
Grade:     Good VF, toned, a few insignificant scratches under tone
Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 213 Rare. From the BCD Collection. Ex Leu 15 (4 May 1976), lot 217; Naville-Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 732; Prof. S. Pozzi Collection (Naville-Ars Classica I, 14 March 1921), lot 1437.