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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2481537, member: 76194&quot;]It was December, 2015, and everyone here was posting lists of coins they wanted for 2016. I was no different, and made a &quot;Top 5 Want List for 2016.&quot; I&#039;ve gotten the other 4, but this one had to wait because for every coin in my want list that I&#039;ve bought, I&#039;ve ended up buying 3 that were not on my want list. But 29 coins later, here we are:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]523919[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Euboea Histaea Circa 196-146 B.C. Tetrobol</b></p><p>AR Tetrobol 17mm. 2.26g.</p><p>Head of Maenad (the Nymph Histiaea) right, wearing floral wreath, neclace, and earrings</p><p>Histiaea seated right on prow, ornamented with tripod, holding stylis and sail; trident below.</p><p>HI[ST]AIEWN</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 535</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a lot to say about these tetrobols. From the 4rth century BC, when they first appeared, through the 2nd Century BC, these were some of the most common, well known, and mass produced coins of the Ancient Greek World. Like the Alexander III Heracles coins, these Euboea Histaea tetrobols would have been well known to most Ancient Greeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones from the 4rth and 3rd centuries are certainly beautiful, but mine from the 2nd century BC is a pale shadow of the earlier versions of this coin, which depicted very skilled artistic style and were well-struck.&nbsp; But that is to be expected. When mine was minted, Rome had steam rolled over the Carthaginians in the Second Punic War, and gained mastery of the Mediterranean. The Romans had turned their sights on the remaining independent Greek City States. The Greeks, desperate for well known coinage to pay their troops with, needed millions of these coins. So something had to give, and the coins became cruder in design and quality (which you can see with mine). But all the Euboea Histaea tetrobols in the world were not enough to keep the Roman armies at bay, and by 146BCE Cartage and the Greeks were pretty much subdued, and the Mediterranean fully became the Roman&#039;s sea.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!!!</span></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"><br /></span></font></b></p><p><b>These coins are highly faked</b>. If you are a newbie, learn to spot the fake ones and do your research before buying one of these. Please do not buy without doing your homework. The good news is that the fakes are easy to spot once you know what to look for, but you have to do the research Will Robinson!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]523930[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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