Description
91, Lot: 16. EUBOEA, Eretria. Circa 500-465 BC. 
AR Stater (23mm, 6.32 gm). Estimate $500. Sold 
for $918. 

EUBOEA, Eretria. Circa 500-465 BC. AR Stater 
(23mm, 6.32 gm). Cow standing left, head 
reverted, raising hind leg to scratch self; E 
(retrograde) below / Octopus within incuse 
square. BCD 307; Nancy M.Waggoner, "Coins from 
the William P. Wallace Collection, " ANSMN 25, 
Pl. 1, 3; BMC Central Greece -; SNG Copenhagen 
-. Fine, porous and broken. Very rare. 
Ex BCD Collection; Comtesse de Béhague 
Collection (Jean Vinchon, 14 April 1984), lot 
120, where it realized FF 4000.
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