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Auction XXV  22-23 Sep 2022
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Lot 429

Estimate: 1000 GBP
Price realized: 1800 GBP
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Islands of Karia, Kos(?) EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 625-600 BC. Crab / Rough incuse square. HNO 2467 (temporary); Rosen 347 var. (denomination, Asia Minor uncertain mint); BMC 29 var. (denomination, Ionia uncertain mint); HGC 6, 1295 var. (denomination); CNG 466, lot 177; Heritage 3099, lot 31161. 0.33g, 5mm.

Good Extremely Fine; a charming miniature crustacean. Very Rare; apparently unpublished in this denomination.

Hoover states in relation to the electrum fractions from this island; "While the attribution to Kos seems probable, production in Ionia or elsewhere in the islands or the Anatolian mainland cannot be excluded."
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