Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/6

ca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.42g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of roaring lion right on striated background / Double incuse square punches. Unpublished. Good VF. Apparently unique.

A few very rare issues of electrum have a lion forepart on a horizontally-striated field (cf. CNG 69, lots 444 and 447), but this is apparently the first appearance of lionâ€™s head on a vertically-striated field.

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City/Mint name:	Ionia Uncertain
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Keywords:	electrum / archaic
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Valuation:	CNG Auc. 73 (9/2006), lot 346 ($9,000 + comm)
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