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Coin ID #10691

Phaselis (BC 550) Stater

ca 550 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.88g). Prow of galley left, terminating in a forepart of a boar / Rough incuse punch. EF, toned. Apparently unique. Ex Princeton Economics, Armstrong (CNG E271, 1/2012, lot 21); Triton II (12/1998), lot 448.

This piece, with the prow in schematic style and a plain, rough incuse, clearly belongs to Heipp-Tamer’s first series. Only right-facing prow types had been previously known for this earliest phase of the mint (and Heipp-Tamer only knew of two coins - a stater and a drachm - for the entire series).

File information
Filename:93000426.jpg
City/Mint name:Phaselis
Keywords:silver / archaic
References:Cf. Heipp-Tamer series 1
Valuation:CNG Auc. 93 (5/2013), lot 426 ($2,400 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:76 KiB
Date added:Jul 12, 2013
Dimensions:800 x 362 pixels
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