Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 381. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EUBOEA, Histiaea. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Octobol (5.56 gm). Head of the nymph Histiaea right, hair bound in sakkos / The nymph Histiaea seated right on stern, holding stylis. Newell, The Octobols of Histiaea, ANSNNM 2, pl. I, 2; BCD 361 (this coin); BMC Central Greece -; SNG Copenhagen -; Traité pl. CXCVIII, 27. Toned, near VF. Extremely rare, one of only 3 known specimens; the other 2 in museum collections. ($1500)

Ex BCD Collection (Lanz 111, 25 November 2002), lot 361.