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Coin ID #8439

Lampsakos (BC 500-450) EL Stater

5th century BC. EL Stater (14.93g). Forepart of Pegasus left, ‡ below, within vine wreath / Quadripartite incuse square. Rare and among the finest specimens known. Well struck in high relief, EF. Ex Sotheby’s, Wilkinson and Hodge 1900, Late Collector, 324; Sotheby’s Wilkinson and Hodge 1907, Delbeke, 180 and Leu 30, 1982, 165 sales. From the de Sartiges coll.

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Filename:23135.jpg
City/Mint name:Lampsakos
Keywords:electrum / archaic
References:SNG France 1112 (these dies); Rosen 523 (this rev die); de Sartiges 343 (this coin); Baldwin 12v (this coin, also listed as v and p due to the wrong weight)
Valuation:NAC Auc. 48 (10/2008), lot 92 (CHF 44,000 ($38,108) + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Numismatika Ars Classica - www.arsclassicacoins.com
Filesize:52 KiB
Date added:Nov 24, 2011
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Dimitry   [Nov 24, 2011 at 05:16 AM]
NAC dates this coin to 412 BC, which seems quite late

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