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Message:: [QUOTE="Dirk D, post: 2439177, member: 71933"]In the CNG 2001 auction it is described as being a Thebes-issue. But in this time bracket Thebes struck coins with a four-spoked wheel reverse and a shallow incuse. Only around 460-440 Thebes started to mint this kind of drachms.Tom's insert is the dating according to Head (Boeotia, pp. 57-60)The CNG 2016 date comes from the BCD catalogue, were it is compared with nr.62. This seems to be correct as the shield is a little longer than on the Theban issues. A note from BCD says: "This enigmatic series of coins which were dated far to early by Head (who had no hoard-anformation) were probably struck when Demetrios Poliorketes liberated Thebes, or during the decade that followed. The Talanta-hoard (1948, CH III 31), with a burial date of c. 280 BC, would point to a minting date for these coins of circa 300 BC. They are almost never encountered well centered on both sides and sharply struck at the same time......"The BCD-piece sold for $1200 hammer in 2006.[/QUOTE]