Central Greece, Boeotia, Thebes (c. 440 BC), Silver Stater, 11.89 gms., die axis 45°, Boeotian shield, rev. /K(TH)EB[AI]ON/k, young Herakles kneeling right, stringing his bow, club in front (Boston 999; ACGC 352), very fine and very rare

Details

Central Greece, Boeotia, Thebes (c. 440 BC), Silver Stater, 11.89 gms., die axis 45°, Boeotian shield, rev. /K(TH)EB[AI]ON/k, young Herakles kneeling right, stringing his bow, club in front (Boston 999; ACGC 352), very fine and very rare

Provenance

Mrs. King did not record the price she paid for this coin nor whom she bought it from
R. Jameson Collection, no. 1158
F.S. Benson Collection, Sotheby's, 1909, lot 517
E.P. Warren Collection, Sotheby's, 1905, lot 243

Further details

Generally speaking, the coinage of ancient Boeotia was static and unappealing in its design. Briefly however, following the evacuation of an Athenian occupying force from Boeotia in 446 BC, Thebes produced an innovative series showing Herakles, who was born at Thebes, in various activities.