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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     840856      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     BOEOTIA City:     Thebes Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Stater Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 440-425 Diameter:     22 mm Weight:     12.07 g Die Axis:     6 h Obverse Description:     Boeotian shield CM 1 Description:      ivy leaf on oval punch Reverse Legend:     Θ−Ε Reverse Description:     Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Θ-E across lower field; all within square incuse. Mint:     Thebes Primary Reference:     BCD Boiotia 420 (same dies) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=138555 Grade:     Good VF Notes:     Ex BCD Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lot 616; Charles Gillet Collection (photofile), 905. As noted in the sale of the BCD Boiotia Collection (Triton XI, lot 420), this representation of Herakles is “[a] powerful portrait in the finest tradition of mainland Greek classical numismatic art.”

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