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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3932899, member: 85693"]I recently bought one of these on eBay. They make me nervous, but this one was so cheap I went for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to modern counterfeits, they were apparently copied a lot in antiquity - some think by the Romans to pay for their conquests in Macedon. The Wikipedia article for Oreus actually features one like mine (with the crescent under the boat) and says it is a Roman imitation. </p><p><br /></p><p>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" rel="nofollow">Silver</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obol_(coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obol_(coin)" rel="nofollow">tetrobol</a>. This coin is probably a Roman imitation of an Histiaean issue struck in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)" rel="nofollow">Macedonia</a> during the Roman's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Macedonian_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Macedonian_War" rel="nofollow">military campaign</a> circa 168 BC." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a CT thread that is helpful:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greek-histiaea-euboea-fake-or-for-real.337050/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greek-histiaea-euboea-fake-or-for-real.337050/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greek-histiaea-euboea-fake-or-for-real.337050/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Euboea, Histiaia Tetrobol</b></p><p><b>(or Roman military imitation)</b></p><p><b>(c. 196-146 B.C.) </b></p><p>Head of Maenad right, wearing vine-wreath / [ISTI] AIEWN, Nymph Histaia seated on stern of galley holding stylis (mast with crosspiece).</p><p>Sear 2496.</p><p>(1.88 grams / 13 x 12 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3932899, member: 85693"]I recently bought one of these on eBay. They make me nervous, but this one was so cheap I went for it. In addition to modern counterfeits, they were apparently copied a lot in antiquity - some think by the Romans to pay for their conquests in Macedon. The Wikipedia article for Oreus actually features one like mine (with the crescent under the boat) and says it is a Roman imitation. "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver']Silver[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obol_(coin)']tetrobol[/URL]. This coin is probably a Roman imitation of an Histiaean issue struck in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)']Macedonia[/URL] during the Roman's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Macedonian_War']military campaign[/URL] circa 168 BC." [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreus[/URL] Here is a CT thread that is helpful: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greek-histiaea-euboea-fake-or-for-real.337050/[/URL] Here is mine: [ATTACH=full]1036496[/ATTACH] [B]Euboea, Histiaia Tetrobol (or Roman military imitation) (c. 196-146 B.C.) [/B] Head of Maenad right, wearing vine-wreath / [ISTI] AIEWN, Nymph Histaia seated on stern of galley holding stylis (mast with crosspiece). Sear 2496. (1.88 grams / 13 x 12 mm)[/QUOTE]
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