Lot 3190

Description

Euboia, Karystos, (issue of an unknown tyrant in the late third century B.C.), silver stater, (6.884 grams), obv. male head bound with royal diadem to right, dotted border, rev. Nike in galloping biga to left, **KARUSTIW[N]* in exergue, (S.2511 [£1250], BMC 18, Wallace 'A Tyrant of Karystos' in Essays to Robinson, Obv.V, Rev.7 example b [This Coin, one of two known from these dies], cf.Lanz BCD Sale lots 578/577 [for same dies as a mule], SNG Sweden 1452, ACNAC Dewing 1532). Good very fine/very fine and very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (with his ticket) and previously from the W.P. Wallace Collection and listed by him on p.203 [above paper] with his ticket. In all Wallace knew of only 43 examples of all types of staters from Karystos.