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NYINC Signature Sale 3037 Sess. 2-4 5 January 2015
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IONIA. Uncertain City. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL sixth stater or hecte (10mm, 2.39 gm). Period of the Artemision Find. Blank surface with abstract granulations / Two incuse punches at off-set angles. SNG Kayhan 674. Weidauer 4. SNG von Aulock 7762. NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5.The very earliest form of coinage is represented by typeless (blank) globules, carefully weighed to a specific standard, with one or more punch marks on one side, later evolving into a proper "reverse." Nine such "typeless" electrum pieces were among the famous "Artemision Find" in Ephesus in 1904.
Estimate: 1700-2400 USD
IONIA. Uncertain City. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL sixth stater or hecte (10mm, 2.39 gm). Period of the Artemision Find. Blank surface with abstract granulations / Two incuse punches at off-set angles. SNG Kayhan 674. Weidauer 4. SNG von Aulock 7762. NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5.The very earliest form of coinage is represented by typeless (blank) globules, carefully weighed to a specific standard, with one or more punch marks on one side, later evolving into a proper "reverse." Nine such "typeless" electrum pieces were among the famous "Artemision Find" in Ephesus in 1904.
Estimate: 1700-2400 USD