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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3179547, member: 82322&quot;]This is a great little type!&nbsp; Lovely specimens everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tetrobols from the mint at Histiaia in Euboea are sometimes counterstamped with gorgoneions. The counterstamping is always applied to the obverse. There are many different styles of gorgoneion. The counterstamp is large relative to the coin. Jean de Foville published an example in 1902 that was found on Crete.&nbsp; I suspect the countermarked issued are related to the Rhodian-style Cretan didrachms of 205-200 BC that depict a facing Medusa, and to the Gortyna gorgoneion/eagle hemidrachms.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819057[/ATTACH] </p><p>EUBOIA, Histiaia.&nbsp; 3rd-2nd century BC. AR Tetrobol, 14mm, 1.48g</p><p>Obv: Head of the nymph Histaia right; c/m: facing head of a gorgoneion.</p><p>Rev: Nymph seated right on prow.</p><p>ex-Classical Numismatic Group, e-Auction 148, September 2006, lot 144 (Dave Herman collection of facing heads)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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