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Auction 19  17 Nov 2019
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Lot 100

Estimate: 250 CHF
Price realized: 200 CHF
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EUBOIA. Histiaia. Circa 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Tetrobol (Silver, 15 mm, 2.37 g, 3 h). Head of the nymph Histiaia to right, with her hair rolled and bound with a wreath of ivy leaves and berries, wearing a drop earring and a pearl necklace. Rev. ΙΣΤ[Ι] - ΑΙΕΩΝ 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, seven-rayed star; below, trident to right. BCD Euboia - (cf. 413). BMC 123. HGC 4, 1525. SNG Copenhagen 530. Struck from the same dies as CNG 49 (1999) 417. Attractive, fresh, clear, nicely toned, very well-centered and struck on a broad flan. An unusually fine example of this extensive issue, quite exceptional. Extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Lanz 85, 26 November 1997, 150.
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