BOEOTIA. Thebes. Circa 425-395 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 11.70 g). Boeotian shield. Rev. Θ - Ε The infant Herakles seated facing, nude and with his head turned to right, strangling two serpents; in field to left, bow; in field to right, club. BCD Boiotia 455 ( this coin ), Gulbenkian 503, and SNG Copenhagen 303 ( all struck from the same reverse die ). Rare. Toned. Some surface roughness under the toning, otherwise, very fine.

From an American Collection, and that of BCD, Triton IX, 10 January 2006, 455, ex Glendining & Co. 27 November 1958, 266, Münzen und Medaillen FPL 157, May 1956, 7, Frey, 15 April 1955, 1084 and Gans, MBS 14, 9 March 1954, 370.