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Details
LOT 3119
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing wreath of grape leaves and berries / IΣ[TI]- AIEΩN(partially inverted), Nymph seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis in her left hand and resting her right on the deck; on the side of the stern, wing; below, monogram of AΓ and labrys. BCD Euboia 381; HGC 4, 1524. Good Very Fine. A very beautiful example.(2.39gr, 14mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
