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Triton XXIII 14-15 Jan 2020
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.66 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Facing head of lion or panther within triangular incuse [on a raised area] / Two square punches with raised lines within. Weidauer 158-9; SNG von Aulock –; Boston MFA –; Traité I 28; Triton XI, lot 248 (same die and punches); Gemini VIII, lot 75 (same die and punches). Toned, some die rust on obverse. VF. Extremely rare denomination, much rarer than the hekte and hemihekte.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 301.
This trite is part of an electrum series consisting of staters, trites, hektes, hemihektes, and twenty-fourth staters (cf. Weidauer 156-65). Miletos and Samos have been proposed as the possible mint.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 301.
This trite is part of an electrum series consisting of staters, trites, hektes, hemihektes, and twenty-fourth staters (cf. Weidauer 156-65). Miletos and Samos have been proposed as the possible mint.