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IONIA, Erythrai(?). Circa 550-500 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.26 g). Stellate or floral object / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. CNG 97, lot 181 (1/24th stater). VF.
These stellate/floral issues, published in other denominations (cf. SNG von Aulock 7776 [trite]; Konuk & Lorber fig. 13 [hemihekte]; and SNG Berry 1021 [fourty-eighth stater]), are speculated to be the earliest electrum from Erythrai, based on the similarity of the obverse type to the reverses on the earliest silver of that city (cf. Boston MFA 1837–41).
These stellate/floral issues, published in other denominations (cf. SNG von Aulock 7776 [trite]; Konuk & Lorber fig. 13 [hemihekte]; and SNG Berry 1021 [fourty-eighth stater]), are speculated to be the earliest electrum from Erythrai, based on the similarity of the obverse type to the reverses on the earliest silver of that city (cf. Boston MFA 1837–41).