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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1690162, member: 15445&quot;]This is coin #2 of my 4 NEWPS.&nbsp; Again, all I needed to do was weigh it, measure it, &amp; it was relatively easy to find in the Sear book.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my newbie opinion, this Tetrobol has decent eye appeal (and the price was OK for me).&nbsp; I’ve known the coin dealer for a bunch of years &amp; it’s always a pleasure doing business with him.&nbsp; He is <u>not</u> a knowledgeable ancient dealer and I am learning about ancients one coin at a time (This is potentially a dangerous combination I think).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what this coin has taught me so-far today:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>EUBOIA is the large island territory just Northeast of Athens Attica.&nbsp; This coin was possibly minted at Histiaia which is located at the far north end of the large Euboia Island.&nbsp; Apparently, Histiaia began minting coinage in the mid-4th Century BC.&nbsp; I understand that there was a lot of shipping commerce in the area and this particular coin design was somewhat prolific.&nbsp; According to the Sear book there are numerous imitations with poor style &amp; rough execution of this silver Tetrobol which may have been produced in Macedon prior to 168 BC.&nbsp; My example appears to be similar to Sear 2496 [&amp; maybe it is one of the imitations mentioned in the Sear book?].&nbsp; I hope you ancient folks will let me know what you think about this one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, the coin dealer’s holder had 197-146 BC written on it.&nbsp; I don’t know how this date-range was determined.&nbsp; I’m sure this date data trickled-down from wherever he got the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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