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Auction 100 - Part 2 7 October 2015
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.70 g). Phokaic standard. Head of boar left / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Near VF. Extremely rare.
The boar type electrum is a type usually found on the early issues of the kings of Lydia (see Spier in Studies Price), but those pieces are of a slightly different style and are struck, appropriately, on the Lydo-Milesian standard. This issue, struck on the Phokaic standard, is certainly from an unrelated mint.
The boar type electrum is a type usually found on the early issues of the kings of Lydia (see Spier in Studies Price), but those pieces are of a slightly different style and are struck, appropriately, on the Lydo-Milesian standard. This issue, struck on the Phokaic standard, is certainly from an unrelated mint.