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Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer Eretria (Euboia)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 525 BC - 500 BC
Value Tetradrachm (4)
Currency Drachm
Composition Srebro
Weight 17.03 g
Diameter 36 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
480845
References BCD Euboia# 306
Florian Eggers; 2002. Numismatik Lanz Auktion / Volume 111: Sammlung BCD, antike griechische Münzen. Münzen von Euboia. Numismatik Lanz, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
, Traité I# 1070
Ernest Babelon; 1907. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.1. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies greques depuis les origines jusqu'aux guerres médiques. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.
, BMC Greek# 21
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, de Luynes# 2020
Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).
, ACGC# 268
Colin Mackennal Kraay; 1976. Archaic and Classical Greek Coins. University of California Press, Oakland, California, United States.

Obverse

(en) Bull standing left, head right, its right hind hoof raised to touch its nose; on its back, a swallow stands left; retrograde E below.

Reverse

(en) Octopus within shallow incuse square.

Mint

Eretria, Euboea, modern-day Eretria, Greece

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Tetradrachm
Numismatik Lanz
Auction 111
Lot 306
Internet Archive
25 Nov 2002 VF USD 75 489.23
(EUR 65 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex BCD Collection; ex John W. Garrett Collection (Part II, Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16 October 1984), lot 213; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Naville VI, 28 January 1923), lot 1069; A. Rhousopoulos Collection (J. Hirsch XIII, 15 May 1905), 1896

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