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Auction 24 22 May 2022
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IONIA. Uncertain mint, perhaps Smyrna. Circa 600-550 BC. Hemistater (Electrum, 16 mm, 8.38 g), Phokaic standard. Head of a roaring lion to right, his jaws open wide. Rev. Slightly irregular incuse square. Cf. Cahn, Knidos pl. 20, 1 = Traité I, 1, 177 and pl. V, 5 (stater, but obverse stylistically different and with a completely different reverse). Linzalone 1077 (this coin, attributed to Smyrna). Cf. Rosen 313 = Monnaies et Médailles 72, 1987, 76 (1/6th stater). Cf. Weidauer 183-4 (staters, but of a different style). Unique. Clear, well-struck and well-centered. About extremely fine.
From the Acer Rubrum Collection, ex Triton IX, 10 January 2006, 950.
Related to the very rare staters of Smyrna with a large roaring lion on the obverse, filling the entire field of the coin, but of a more linear and sharper design pattern. The reverse square punch is also similar to the stater issue. The roaring lion on our coin carries power and expression at its fullest.
From the Acer Rubrum Collection, ex Triton IX, 10 January 2006, 950.
Related to the very rare staters of Smyrna with a large roaring lion on the obverse, filling the entire field of the coin, but of a more linear and sharper design pattern. The reverse square punch is also similar to the stater issue. The roaring lion on our coin carries power and expression at its fullest.