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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Euboia| > GS00772
Histiaia, North Euboea, Greece, 3rd Century B.C.
|Euboia|, |Histiaia,| |North| |Euboea,| |Greece,| |3rd| |Century| |B.C.|, Histiaia, named after its patron nymph, commanded a strategic position overlooking the narrows leading to the North Euboian Gulf. In the Iliad, Homer describes the surrounding plain as "rich in vines." It was pro-Macedonian during the 3rd century, for which it was attacked in 208 and captured in 199 by a Roman-Pergamene force. The Roman garrison was removed in 194. It appears Histiaia continued to prosper but little is known of its later history. Finds at the site indicate it continued to be inhabited in Roman, Byzantine, and later times.
GS00772. Silver tetrobol, SGCV I 2497 variety, VF, Histiaia (near Oreoi, Greece) mint, weight 1.6g, maximum diameter 13.6mm, 3rd century B.C.; obverse Head of nymph Histiaia right, wreathed with vine, hair rolled; reverse IΣTIAEΩN, nymph Histiaia seated right on galley; SOLD











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