Two Rare Euboian League Staters

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 598. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EUBOIA, Euboian League. Circa 375-357 BC. AR Stater (11.88 g, 3h). Head of the nymph Euboia right / Bull recumbent right; above, grape bunch with leaf to right. Wallace 12 (Vs. V/Rs. 6); BCD Euboia 5 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; Jameson 2077 = Pozzi (Boutin) 1496 (this coin). VF, lightly toned, surfaces a little rough.

Ex BCD Collection (not in Lanz sales); Leu 7 (9 May 1973), lot 166; Hess-Leu (24 March 1959), lot 205; R. Jameson Collection, 2077; S. Pozzi Collection (Boutin), 1496.