X/RARE XF ANCIENT GREEK SILVER COIN-HISTIAEA,EUBOEA-WOW Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 92.55 Time Left - Bid Count 20 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 03, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 Location Staten Island, NY See more about 'X/RARE XF ANCIENT GREEK SILVER COIN-HISTIAEA,EUBOEA-WOW' Description III RPH III     PRESENTING VERY RARE CHOICE XF, UNCIRCULATED GRADE ANCIENT GREEK SILVER COIN Euboea (Modern Greek, Εύβοια - Évia — Ancient Greek, Εὔβοια - Eúboia) is the second largest of the Greek Aegean Islands and the second largest Greek island overall in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from the mainland of Greece by the Euboic Sea. In general outline it is a long and narrow, seahorse-shaped island; it is about 150 km (90 miles) long, and varies in breadth from 50 km (30 miles) to 6 km (4 miles). Its general direction is from northwest to southeast, and it is traversed throughout its length by a mountain range, which forms part of the chain that bounds Thessaly on the east, and is continued south of Euboea in the lofty islands of Andros, Tinos and Mykonos... COIN REFERENCE: Ancient Greek City HISTIAEA, EUBOEA Island Silver TRIOBOL,   III century BC OBVERSE: Head of nymph Histiaia right, wreathed with vine REVERSE: ISTA-EWN - nymph Histiaia seated on galley right REF: SEAR (SGCV) Vol. 1, p.233, 2496 SIZE: 12 mm   WEIGHT: 1.7 gm VERY RARE CHOICE XF ANCIENT GREEK SILVER COIN, ABOUT 2300 YEARS OLD. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, LITTLE SUPERB GEM. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND BIDDING : -) SHIPPING AND HANDLING COST: USA- $6.99(insured); WORLDWIDE - $6.99(opional insurance-$6 (up to $100 value) OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS AVAILABLE. WE COMBINE ITEMS FOR SHIPPING DISCOUNT. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be genuine, authentic and as presented, pictured. ...The history of the island is for the most part that of its two principal cities, Chalcis and Eretria. Both cities were Ionian settlements from Attica, and their importance in early times is shown by their numerous colonies in Magna Graecia and Sicily, such as Cumae and Rhegium, and on the coast of Macedonia. In this way they opened new trade routes to the Greeks, and extended the field of western civilization. How great their commerce was is shown by the fact that the Euboic scale of weights and measures was in use in Athens until Solon, and among the Ionic cities generally. They were rival cities, and appear at first to have been equally powerful; one of the earliest of the sea-fights mentioned in Greek history took place between them and in this it is said that many of the other Greek states took part. In 490 BC, Eretria was utterly ruined and its inhabitants were transported to Persia. Though it was restored after the Battle of Marathon, on a site at a little distance from its original position, it never regained its former eminence, but it was still the second city on the island. From this time its neighbour Chalcis held an undisputed supremacy. Already, however, this city had suffered from the growing power of Athens. In the year 506 BC the Chalcidians were totally defeated by the Athenians, who established 4,000 Attic settlers on their lands, and seem to have reduced the whole island to a condition of dependence. Again, in 446 BC, when Euboea endeavoured to throw off the yoke, it was once more reduced by Pericles, and a new body of settlers was planted at Histiaea in the north of the island, after the inhabitants of that town had been expelled. The Athenians fully recognized its importance to them, for supplying them with corn (ie, grain) and cattle, securing their commerce, and guaranteeing them against piracy, because its proximity to the coast of Attica rendered it extremely dangerous to them when in other hands. But in 410 BC the island succeeded in regaining its independence. After this it took sides with one or other of the leading states, until, after the Battle of Chaeronea, it passed into the hands of Philip II of Macedon, and finally into those of the Romans... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euboea On Sep-16-07 at 16:15:55 PDT, seller added the following information: Sellers Add a Map Counter to Your Listings. Fast. Simple. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!