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Greek Coins
Asia Minor, uncertain mint possibly in Ionia

Stater circa 500-480, EL 13.97 g. Forepart of ram r. Rev. Rectangular incuse punch. Triton sale VI, 2003, 202 (this obverse die). Triton sale XI, 2008, 91 (these dies).
Of the highest rarity, only the third specimen known of this intriguing issue.
Of superb style and well struck in high relief, good extremely fine
Privately purchased from Leu Numismatics in 1992.The attribution of this rare electrum stater, struck from an elegantly engraved obverse die, is not certainly known, though its style places it near the end of the Archaic period. The format of the reverse punch is of considerable interest, as it is rectangular and undivided. Few parallels for it exist among early electrum staters; among them, however, are two illustrated in Martin Price's "A Field in Western Thrace" (Coin Hoards II, pl. 1, figs. 3 and 4). Both are extremely close in the form of the punch, with the closer being the stater of figure 4, which shows on its obverse a recumbent bull with its head reverted toward a floral emblem in the field. In this case the match is so close that one might presume they were contemporary products of the same mint.