Phokaia (BC 600-522) B01 - EL Stater

ca 625-575 BC. EL Stater (16.47g). Head of griffin right, tongue protruding from open jaws, knob on forehead and two tendrils curling over neck / Rough incuse square. Good VF, obverse die slightly worn. The second specimen known, from a different pair of dies.

Attributed to Phokaia based on style, fabric, and metrology, as well as the fact that it uses a griffin head as a coin type on silver trihemiobols of the late 6th century BC.

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City/Mint name:	Phokaia EL
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Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	Bodenstedt 1a=Robinson, Electrum p. 589, 7=Sotheby's Hunt Sale I, lot 55 (listed as "unique")
Valuation:	CNG Triton VII (1/2004), lot 236 ($20,000 + comm)
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