Phokaia (BC 521-478) B44 - EL 1/6 Stater

ca 521-478 (486) BC. EL Hekte (2.46g, 10.32mm, 3.67mm in profile). Head of bearded Ares left, wearing crested helmet [below, small seal right] / â€˜Crispâ€™ quadripartite incuse square. EF. Carr coll.

Only 7 examples known to Bodenstedt. None recorded in Coin Archives, acsearch records 18 examples. No die match to this coin. On the obverse, unlike most examples, there is no floral motif/decoration on the helmet. As to the reverse, this is the first coin of this emission to have a clear quadripartite incuse square - a very small number of examples have a very rough incuse square with internal divisions either crude or absent. This coin is part of Series 2 of Bodenstedt and he dates this emission to 486 BC.

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Filename:	Carr_B_44.jpg
City/Mint name:	Phokaia EL
Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	Bodenstedt 44 (unlisted dies); SNG von Aulock 2643; Pozzi 2505
Valuation:	Gorny & Mosch Auc. 257 (10/2018), lot 456 [EUR 1,800 ($2,086) + comm.]
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Date added:	Nov 26, 2018
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