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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3203327, member: 76194&quot;]Not sure how on Earth I missed this thread. That is a well traveled coin [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] , definitely saw a lot of ancient hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type of coins was minted for nearly 200 years straight, which is why it is so abundant today and so cheap to buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] &#039;&#039; version is definitely in the early style, which are made incredibly well and show a lot of artistic talent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is of the late style, made around 190 BCE - 146 BCE, as these coins were nearing the end of their long run. By his time the Romans were making inroads into the Greek world and the coiners were desperate to make enough coinage to pay their armies needed to keep the Roman menace at bay. As a result the coinage metal quality, the quality of the strike, and the style of the die, show little care or effort compared to earlier types of this same coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The face on mine looks like she has been hit by a mule&#039;s kick to her face at least 2 or 3 times.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829565[/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[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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