Lot 4323

Description

Euboia, Euboean League, (304-290 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.58 g), obv. head of nymph Euboea to left, with hair rolled, rev. cow neck and head three-quarter to right, fillet hanging from each horn, EY above, without symbol, (S.2467, Wallace (NN&M 134) No.60 listed [p.146], Lanz BCD Sale Catalogue 111, [lot 19 realised 240 euros +], SNG Cop. 482); Euboia, Histiaia, (3rd century B.C.), silver tetrobol, (2.33 g), obv. head of nymph Histiaia to right, wreathed with vine, hair rolled, rev. nymph Histiaia seated to right on galley, around **[ISTI] AIEWN, (S.2496, cf.BCD 382 [Lanz Auktion 111, Nov. 25, 2002], cf.BMC 53). Dark grey tone, very fine and rare for the first coin, good very fine for the second coin. (2)

Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 74 (lot 5094), previously from BCD Collection (with his ticket) and Classical Numismatic group (with their ticket) and once from the W.P. Wallace Collection; the second coin from I.S. Wright, Sydney, March 4, 2010.
Wallace notes 153 examples of this first Euboean League coin variety including this piece.