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-Tamerâ€™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).

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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)
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Date added:	Jul 12, 2013
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