THESPIAE SILVER HEMIDRACHM – RARE TYPE WITH SHIELD AND HEAD OF APHRODITE MELAINIS – AU NGC GRADED GREEK BOETIA COIN (Inv. 19099)

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FPL VI, 26 (19099). BOEOTIA. THESPIAE. Ca. 400-350 BC.
Silver hemidrachm, 2.91 g, 17 mm.
Obv. Boeotian shield. Rev. Head of Aphrodite Melainis right, crescent in right field, ΘEΣ in exergue (Γ graffito in field).
BCD Boiotia 607 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 1400.
Ex Triton XIII, 1/5/2010, lot 137.
NGC graded AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, “graffito,” “scuffs,” a seldom encountered type, especially in this high grade.