Ancient Greece - EVIA - Histiaeus - tetrobol AR - (c 196-168 BC.). - TB. 

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Ancient Greece - EVIA - Histiaeus - tetrobol AR - (c 196-168 BC.). - TB.
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6187085
Area
Coins
Title
Ancient Greece - EVIA - Histiaeus - tetrobol AR - (c 196-168 BC.). - TB.
Country
Greece (ancient)
Face value
Hemidrachma
Year
Variety / overstrike
Era
Head of State
Type
Coin
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Silver (Ag)
Gold- or silver content
Weight
1.19
Diameter
12.5 mm
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Tête de la nymphe Histiée (Ménade) à droite, coiffée d'une couronne de vigne .
Reverse
La nymphe Histiée assise à droite sur la poupe d'une galère, tenant la stylis de la main droite (ISTI-AIEWN ).
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Details

Histiae was located in eastern Euboea. Thanks to its large coinage, we can imagine the economic role that the city has held. The coinage of Histiee would begin in the second half of the 4th century BC. The choice of portrait and reverse, the stern of the ship are reminiscent of the autonomous coinage of Macedonia, also composed of tetroboles. Copy on a small, thin and irregular blank, with regular wear, perfectly legible and identifiable. Finely detailed reverse. A pretty gray patina from an old collection. Cf: BMC 112 var; Sear 2496.

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