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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:     74000209      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     BOEOTIA City:     Thebes Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Stater Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 450-440 Weight:     12.04 g Obverse Description:     Boeotian shield Reverse Legend:     ΘΕΒΑ−ΙΟΝ (N retrograde) Reverse Description:     Nude Herakles kneeling right, stringing bow held in his right hand; club to right, ΘΕΒΑ−ΙΟΝ (N retrograde) clockwise around from above; all within incuse square Primary Reference:     BCD Boiotia 416 var. (club to left) Reference2:     CNG 72 (BCD Boeotia II) 615 (same dies) Reference3:     Head, Boeotia - Reference4:     SNG Cop -; Myron pl. A, 27 (same dies); TraitÉ III 224, pl. CXCIX, 20-22 (same dies); BMC 32 (same dies) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96622 Grade:     VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 209 Very rare. From the BCD Collection. Ex Virgil Brand Collection (Part III, Sotheby's Zurich, 9 June 1987), lot 73; Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 3250; H. Montagu Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 23 March 1896), lot 366.

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