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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Euboia| > SH63036
Karystos, Euboia, c. 4th - 3rd Century B.C.
|Euboia|, |Karystos,| |Euboia,| |c.| |4th| |-| |3rd| |Century| |B.C.|, Karystos (Carystus), named for a son of Chiron, was famous for beautiful marble and amianth (asbestos with fine, silky fibers) obtained from Mount Oche. In the Iliad Karystos is controlled by the Abantes. A Persian force landed at Karystos in and took the city in 490 B.C. When Karystos refused to join the Delian league, Athens plundered the city and forced it to join. Karystos is today a town with about 5000 inhabitants on the southern coast of Euboea.
SH63036. Silver drachm, BCD Euboia 558 (this coin), SNG Cop 417 var. (ethnic), BMC Central 8-9 var. (same), aVF, light corrosion, Karystos mint, weight 3.292g, maximum diameter 16.2mm, die axis 0o, obverse bearded head of Herakles to right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck; reverse KAΠYΣTIΩN, cow seated left, head turned slightly facing, club right below; ex BCD Collection, ex W.P. Wallace Collection; rare variety; SOLD










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