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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3787625, member: 82322"]I attended the Triton auction where the BCD coin I linked to above was sold. I inspected the lots, including the Mycalessus coin I linked to. That's why I was able to find it so easily. Usually the Triton coins are out-of-this-world pretty and expensive. Some of the BCD coins were like that. Others were extreme rarities in poor condition. These hammered at prices suitable to ordinary collectors. I suspect Mr. BCD struck a deal to get all of his Boeotian coins put into Triton instead of trickling out in e-auction group lots.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Triton auction where BCD's Boeotian collection sold was the first auction I attended in person and actually bid by holding up the card. I had a card with a number and held it up to purchased a Boeotian coin from the BCD collection. Mine is from Thebes, and not as rare as what I suspect OP has posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011473[/ATTACH] </p><p>BOIOTIA, Thebes. 525-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.53 g). 6mm.</p><p>Obv: Half Boiotian shield</p><p>Rev: Square incuse with a recessed large triangle (divided by a line), a small triangle, and a square (divided by a line).</p><p>Ref: BMC p. 33, 13.</p><p>Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IX, January 2006, <a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=75753" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=75753" rel="nofollow">lot 326</a> (BCD collection)</p><p>Ex Dr. J.S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter 49, 15 November 1992), lot 422. </p><p><br /></p><p>The picture here is the auction picture. I have this coin in a safety deposit box but I'll take it out and shoot it from an angle sometime so I can show the impressive relief used to render the shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Boeotians realized how difficult it was to tell a half-obol from an obol by weight and came up with a visual solution to the problem!</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope OP has found a real Mycalessus. The Triton catalog says BCD knew of only one other specimen. Does anyone have the cited Hirsh catalog? OP may own the Hirsch coin, which would be a beautiful ending. Or OP may have found a third, unknown example, of this extremely rare coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3787625, member: 82322"]I attended the Triton auction where the BCD coin I linked to above was sold. I inspected the lots, including the Mycalessus coin I linked to. That's why I was able to find it so easily. Usually the Triton coins are out-of-this-world pretty and expensive. Some of the BCD coins were like that. Others were extreme rarities in poor condition. These hammered at prices suitable to ordinary collectors. I suspect Mr. BCD struck a deal to get all of his Boeotian coins put into Triton instead of trickling out in e-auction group lots. The Triton auction where BCD's Boeotian collection sold was the first auction I attended in person and actually bid by holding up the card. I had a card with a number and held it up to purchased a Boeotian coin from the BCD collection. Mine is from Thebes, and not as rare as what I suspect OP has posted. [ATTACH=full]1011473[/ATTACH] BOIOTIA, Thebes. 525-480 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.53 g). 6mm. Obv: Half Boiotian shield Rev: Square incuse with a recessed large triangle (divided by a line), a small triangle, and a square (divided by a line). Ref: BMC p. 33, 13. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IX, January 2006, [URL='http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=75753']lot 326[/URL] (BCD collection) Ex Dr. J.S. Wilkinson Collection (Malter 49, 15 November 1992), lot 422. The picture here is the auction picture. I have this coin in a safety deposit box but I'll take it out and shoot it from an angle sometime so I can show the impressive relief used to render the shield. The Boeotians realized how difficult it was to tell a half-obol from an obol by weight and came up with a visual solution to the problem! I hope OP has found a real Mycalessus. The Triton catalog says BCD knew of only one other specimen. Does anyone have the cited Hirsh catalog? OP may own the Hirsch coin, which would be a beautiful ending. Or OP may have found a third, unknown example, of this extremely rare coin.[/QUOTE]
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