Ancient Greece - AR Tetrobol - "Histiaea". Circa 340-330 BC

Ancient Greece - AR Tetrobol - "Histiaea". Circa 340-330 BC

$1,600.00
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Denomination: AR Tetrobol                                                                    Date: 340-330 BC Mint:  Euboea , Ancient Greece                                                                                       Mount: Sterling Silver Ring with 18k Bale  Description: EUBOEA. Histiaea. Obverse: Head of nymph right, wearing vine-leaf crown, earring and necklace / IΣTI-AIEΩN, Reverse: Nymph Histiaea seated right on winged galley stern, stylis (mast with cross-piece) in left hand. History: These beautiful silver coins from ancient Greece depict the head of the lovely nymph Histiaia. These coins were struck in the important city of Histiaia, named after the nymph who was the favorite local goddess. Histiaia was found on the Greek island of Euboia, which was a large island off mainland Greece in the Aegean Sea. The City of Histiaia did not begin to produce coinage until the mid-4th century BCE. From its extensive silver issues in the Hellenistic age, it would appear to have

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