Histiaia / Histiaia on Galley

Histiaea (Euboia) - Octobol (⁴⁄₃ Drachm)
Head of Histiaia right, hair rolled and bound with vine wreath, wearing vine-leaf pendant earring and pearl necklace.
Histiaia seated right on stern of galley, holding stylis in left hand, resting right on the deck behind her; ethnic around; legend along her right arm.

Description

Obverse: Head of Histiaia right, hair rolled and bound with vine wreath, wearing vine-leaf pendant earring and pearl necklace.
Reverse: Histiaia seated right on stern of galley, holding stylis in left hand, resting right on the deck behind her; ethnic around; legend along her right arm.
Legend: ΙΣΤΙΑ – ΙΕΩΝ / ΙΣΤΙΑΙΑ — of the Histiaians / Histiaia

Extremely rare, the fourth known example. Toned and clear. Nearly very fine.

Details

CompositionSilver
IssuerHistiaea
Ruling AuthorityUnknown
Period of Issue350 BC - 300 BC
Weight5.62 g
Diameter19.5 mm
Orientation
↑↑
6h
DenominationOctobol (⁴⁄₃ Drachm)
StandardEuboia - Drachm
ReferencesBCD Euboia #361; Newell, Octobols #pl. I, 2; Traité III #201 (pl. CXCVIII, 27)

Numista Reference

Provenance

LocationDescriptionDate
Germany
German collection, acquired in Munich in the early 1990s
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Switzerland
Nomos AG, Auction 30 - Lot 1303
Nov 6, 2023
United States
Privately purchased from the Hesiod Collection
Jul 28, 2026
United States
Lelouch Collection
Current