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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 299. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. EUBOIA, Chalkis. Circa 465 BC. AR 
                                Tetradrachm (16.68 gm, 2h). Estimate $20000 Sold 
                                For $15000 

                              EUBOIA, Chalkis. Circa 465 BC. AR Tetradrachm 
                              (16.68 gm, 2h). Eagle flying right, holding 
                              serpent in its beak and talons / Wheel with four 
                              spokes; archaic C-A-L (retrograde) in three 
                              quarters; all within rough incuse triangle with 
                              Y-[A]-L in apices. BCD 116 = Traité I pg. 670, 
                              1054b = Jameson 2070 = Pozzi 1480 (this coin); BMC 
                              Central Greece -; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, toned, 
                              light cleaning marks under tone. Extremely rare. 
                              ($20,000)

                              Ex BCD Collection (Lanz 111, 25 November 2002), 
                              lot 116; Kunstfreund [Gillet] (Leu & Münzen und 
                              Medaillen, 28-29 May 1974), lot 30; Charles Gillet 
                              Collection, 912; R. Jameson Collection, 2070; 
                              Prof. S. Pozzi Collection (Naville I, 14 March 
                              1921), lot 1480; A. Rhousopoulos (J. Hirsch XIII, 
                              15 May 1905), lot 1873.








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