Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater

ca 500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g, 9mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Rare. Ex Triton XI (1/2008), lot 250.

The Rosen catalog notes that the entry for the Vourla hoard in IGCH designates Samos as the mint of these coins, but J.P. Barron disagrees. Von Aulock placed the coin at an uncertain mint in Ionia, while Rosen was more general, at an uncertain mint in Asia Minor.

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City/Mint name:	Ionia Uncertain
Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	R. Jameson, â€œTrouvaille de Vourla,â€ RN 1911, 6-26 (same die; some with same punch); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock 7799 (same die); Rosen 266 (same die and punch)
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 88 (9/2011), lot 360 ($550 + comm)
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Date added:	Nov 01, 2011
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