Phokaia (BC 600-522) EL 1/6 Stater

ca 6th century BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Seal between two fish swimming in different directions; pellet behind / Rough incuse square. Exceptionally rare. VF.

This puzzling issue was earlier attributed to both Cyzicus and Macedonia. However, due to weakly struck examples, the seal between the fish has never been recognized before ("an oval object between two pellets" and the like). The weight standard is clearly Phocaean and not Milesian, so unlikely to have been used in Northern Greece.

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City/Mint name:	Phokaia EL
Keywords:	electrum / archaic
References:	cf. Bodenstedt 107 Em. 1.1 (three seals, Euboean standard); S. Hurter, SNR 85 (2006), p. 14, 4, pl. 3 ("Macedonia")
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 177 ($1,600 + comm)
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