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Lydia or Ionia, uncertain mint EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Circa 600-560 BC. Lydo-Milesian Standard. 'Schematic', linear outline of conjoined, roaring lions' heads struck so one head is off the flan / Double incuse punch with 'horse shoe' pattern. Linzalone 1067 (same dies) = Heritage 3054, 30104; Gorny & Mosch 104, 2000, 384 and 115, 2002, 1171; CNG 61, 2002, 706-8. 2.20g, 10mm.
Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
The schematic engraving style of these issues is very primitive, but the weight standard is consistent with that of Lydia and has affinities with the early confronted lion heads series of Lydia (cf. Weidauer XVII, 91-6; Roma Numismatics VIII, 2014, 637). The issuing authority may be somehow connected to the aftermath of the defeat by Alyattes of the invading Kimmerians after 619 BC, with these coins struck at an unspecified mint north of the Maiandros in the early 6th century BC.
Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
The schematic engraving style of these issues is very primitive, but the weight standard is consistent with that of Lydia and has affinities with the early confronted lion heads series of Lydia (cf. Weidauer XVII, 91-6; Roma Numismatics VIII, 2014, 637). The issuing authority may be somehow connected to the aftermath of the defeat by Alyattes of the invading Kimmerians after 619 BC, with these coins struck at an unspecified mint north of the Maiandros in the early 6th century BC.