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AR Tetrobol
| Issuer | Histaia (Euboia) |
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| Year | 350 BC - 146 BC |
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| Composition | Silver (.950) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Histaia's tetrobols are among the most extensively struck fractional silver coins of the Hellenistic Aegean, produced continuously across two centuries largely because the city controlled the fertile northern tip of Euboia and maintained enough commercial activity to sustain demand for small denomination silver. The series survived the Roman destruction of nearby Chalkis and the general upheaval of 146 BC, which effectively ended autonomous coinage across most of Greece.
The HGC 4#1525 reference covers a broad die family within this long series, and individual specimens can vary considerably in flan quality — Histaia's moneyers were not always careful about producing clean, round planchets at this small module.