Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Islands off Ionia, Samos EL 1/8 (?) Stater. Circa 650-550 BC. Light Samian standard (?). Uncertain design / Rough square incuse punch. Rosen -; BMFA -; SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -. 1.74g, 8mm.
Good Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From the Marnix Collection;
Ex Stack's Rare Coins, Coin Galleries August 2009, 18 August 2009, lot 4135;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 135, 21 May 2007, lot 322.
This is a highly unusual coin, not least because it does not appear to conform to any recognised weight standard. Under the 'light Samian' standard (cf. Weidauer No. 204-206), this issue would theoretically be a 1/8 stater, a very unconventional divisional fraction. The designs offer no additional clue as to the coin's origin, with the obverse either being deliberately amorphous or struck from an exhausted die. The Stack's cataloguer fancied he could discern a gorgoneion; a more simplistic design is more likely.
Good Very Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From the Marnix Collection;
Ex Stack's Rare Coins, Coin Galleries August 2009, 18 August 2009, lot 4135;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 135, 21 May 2007, lot 322.
This is a highly unusual coin, not least because it does not appear to conform to any recognised weight standard. Under the 'light Samian' standard (cf. Weidauer No. 204-206), this issue would theoretically be a 1/8 stater, a very unconventional divisional fraction. The designs offer no additional clue as to the coin's origin, with the obverse either being deliberately amorphous or struck from an exhausted die. The Stack's cataloguer fancied he could discern a gorgoneion; a more simplistic design is more likely.