Euboean league. Didrachm circa 411-410, AR 23 mm, 12.08 g. Recumbent cow l., head turned r. Rev. EYB Head of the nymph Euboia r. Wallace, ANSMMN 134, 3 (same dies). Kraay-Hirmer pl. 122, 370 (this coin). SNG Lockett 1777 (these dies). SNG Delepierre 1387 (this reverse die). HGC 4, 1411. BCD Euboia 1 (these dies). Rare. Struck on a very broad flan and with a pleasant old cabinet tone, minor areas of porosity, otherwise about extremely fine Ex Leu 13, 1975, 153; Triton IV, 2000, 205 and Lansky with IBelgica 1, 2019, 41 sales. From the Max Hirmer collection and from the 1951 Euboia-Boiotian hoard. The elongated island of Euboia (located off the coast of Thessaly, Boiotia, and Attica) was believed to have been cut off from mainland Greece by a major earthquake. It was known to be a good region for pasturing cattle as well as a strategic location. Movement from Thessaly to Central Greece was easier through Euboia than via the dangerous mountain passes, thanks to a bridge connecting the island to Attica. The four major cities of Euboia including Chalkis, Eretria, Histiaia, and Karystos appear to have banded together to form a federal state known as the Euboian League, perhaps influenced through their close alliance with Thebes and the creation of the respective Boiotian League. The Thebans strongly supported the creation of larger states-federal – designed after 371 BC to be a bulwark against the restoration of Spartan power, as in the case of Messenia and the Arkadian League. This first Euboian League is thought to have flourished while Theban hegemony remained strong in Greece, but came to be driven by pro-Athenian and pro-Theban factionalism as Theban power waned. By 357 BC, the league had disintegrated and individual Euboian cities became members of a new Athenian Naval League. It was subsequently restored in the 350s BC in an attempt to resist increasing Athenian influence over Euboia and its cities. This stater is a beautiful example of the federal coinage struck for the Euboian League. It features the head of the eponymous nymph Euboia. According to one mythological tradition she was rooted in the sea by Poseidon himself. The recumbent bull on the obverse is a pun on the name of the island; literally meaning "Rich in Cattle". Please find here the video of the coin