Phokaia (BC 521-478) B15 - EL 1/24 Stater

ca 625-522 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.64g, 6mm). Helmeted head right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, obverse a little off center. Very rare, one of only four examples located by Bodenstedt. Ex Hermann Weber Coll., 5732; purchased from A.O. van Lennep, Smyrna, 1865.

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Filename:	87000532.jpg
City/Mint name:	Phokaia EL
Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	Bodenstedt Em. 15 (dies a/Î±); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 1787 (same dies); Weber 5732 (this coin)
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 87 (5/2011), lot 532 ($2500 + comm)
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Date added:	Jun 20, 2011
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