Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL Stater

ca 650-600 BC. EL Stater (17.60g). Samian-Euboeic standard. Blank / Circular incuse with geometric whirl pattern. EF. Unpublished.

This piece is distinctive for its elaborate circular shape of its punch without any "obverse" type. At this point in the early development of coinage, it appears that no convention had yet been established that one side or the other was to bear the primary design.

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City/Mint name:	Ionia Uncertain
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Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	???
Valuation:	CNG Triton VII (1/2004), lot 243 ($18,000 + comm)
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