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Stater of Thebes with Boiotian shield
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 450–440 B.C.
Mint: Boiotia (Boiotian Confederacy), Thebes
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 11.86 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number97.424
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0999.
DescriptionObverse: Boiotian shield.
Reverse: Herakles, beardless, of semi-archaic style, kneeling to right, stringing his bow. His club at his feet.
Inscription in Greek.
All in incuse square.
Reverse: Herakles, beardless, of semi-archaic style, kneeling to right, stringing his bow. His club at his feet.
Inscription in Greek.
All in incuse square.
InscriptionsInscription in Greek.
R/ ΘΕΒΑΙΟΣ
R/ ΘΕΒΑΙΟΣ
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection; by 1896: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection, June 22, 1896, lot 947); purchased at the Bunbury auction by Ready; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)