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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1819571, member: 56859&quot;]These Histiaia, Euboia tetrobols are plentiful... and abundantly faked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding them appealing, I&#039;ve kept an eye out for the right one for my collection and recently bought this one.&nbsp; Before bidding I checked fake reports (gazillions!) and am reasonably sure it is not a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure of the attribution though.&nbsp; Most have a different hairstyle, with the hair at the back of the head in one &#039;roll&#039; instead of the two seen in mine.&nbsp; The hair decorations are a bit different.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller&#039;s attribution is Sear 2496 but I think that might not be right-- both the hairstyle and the reverse styling are different.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far I&#039;ve not had any success finding comprehensive online resources (ebooks) to verify the reference, so any help or leads would be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one appealed to me because of the graceful obverse portrait.&nbsp; The reverse engraving is not as sophisticated and detailed as many other reverses but it is still charming.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]298542[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>EUBOIA, Histiaia.</b></p><p>340-330 BC <i>(is this correct?)</i></p><p>tetrobol, 2.3 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of nymph Histiaia right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; AIEΩN; nymph seated on stern of galley right;<i> IX (XI?) below</i></p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Sear Greek 2496 <i>(?)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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