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(BC 560-546) Kroisos - AV 1/6 Stater2329 viewsca 560-546 BC. AV Hekte – 1/6 Stater (8mm, 1.32g). Light standard. Sardeis mint. Struck circa 550-546 BC. Confronted foreparts of lion and bull / Two incuse square punches of unequal size. VF. Very rare.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/24 Stater1617 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/24 stater (0.55g). Milesian standard. Boar's head right / Four-part incuse square with roughly stellar pattern. Good VF.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/3 Stater2270 viewsUncertain King, before 561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.71g). Head of boar with prominent tusk right / Double incuse punch with rough stellate pattern. Good VF.

The Spier coin proves the obverse die shows two boar heads confronted; the small flan causes the right handed boar to be lacking. Conceivably, there existed a full stater with the complete type present.
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(BC 562) Uncertain King - EL 1/48 Stater1205 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 (?) Stater (5mm, 0.19g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Animal’s head (bull?) left / Incuse punch. EF.
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(BC 600-550) Alyattes II - EL 1/96 Stater1476 viewsAlyattes II, King Of Lydia, ca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96th Stater (4mm, 0.15g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, very pale.
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(BC 600-550) Uncertain King - EL 1/12 Stater7499 viewsearly 6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.16g). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch. VF, choice centering and strike.
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater1821 viewstemp. Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (14mm, 4.64g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, knob on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Near VF, multiple bankers/countermarks on obverse and on edge.
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(BC 610-546) EL 1/3 Stater2797 viewsTime of Alyattes to Kroisos, ca 610-546 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.69g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, sun with multiple rays on forehead / Two incuse square punches. Good VF, toned, a few light marks.
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(BC 610-560) Alyattes - EL 1/12 Stater2339 viewsAlyattes, ca 610-560 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (7mm, 1.12g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, with knob on forehead / Incuse square punch. Countermarks VF, host coin Fine. At least 15 or 16 bankers' marks. Rare as such.
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes - EL 1/3 Stater3765 viewsAlyattes, King Of Lydia, ca 619-561 BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.74g, 12mm, 4mm thick). Head of roaring lion right / Incuse square punch.
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(BC 619-561) Alyattes II - EL 1/3 Stater1871 viewslate 7th century BC. EL Trite (4.36g, 10,5mm). Head of roaring lion right; retrograde legend (WALWET) downward on right / Double incuse square punch. Light deposits, obverse scratch, VF.
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(BC 650-600) Valvel or Walwet - EL Hekte 2898 viewsca 7th century BC. EL Hekte (2.35g). Head of roaring lion right; Lydian inscription to left / Double incuse punch. Rare. Very fine.
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(BC 700-500) EL 1/3 Stater891 viewsAsia Minor Uncertain, ca 7th-6th century BC. EL 1/3 Stater Ingot (4.9g, 18mm). Plain convex surface / Plain flat surface.
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Abydos (BC 520-490) EL 1/3 Stater4615 viewsca 500 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.66g). Eagle standing left, with closed wings, looking backwards / Rough incuse punch.
Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Struck on a narrow flan, otherwise aEF.

Attributing uninscribed electrum coins of this period without assured badges is extremely difficult, as is with this trite. Abydos is an obvious possibility since the eagle was a common feature of its coinage. For other common coins see an electrum stater in the British Museum catalogue of Ionia (pl. I, no. 23) (eagle of similar proportions and identical pose, perched upon what is described as a hare). See also some early silver fractions attributed to Abydos with incuse punch reverses (SNG Cop. 1-2; SNG Klein 292), though they show a bird of a different character, without its head reverted.
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Chios (BC 550-­525) EL Hekte1790 viewsca 550-­525 BC. EL Hekte (2.28g). Sphinx seated right, vine tendril on top of head / Double incuse punch. Of the highest rarity. Well struck and centered and good very fine. Ex NAC 18 (2000), 225.
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Dardanos (BC 500-490) EL Stater1967 viewsca 500-490 BC. EL Stater (14.02g). Cock standing right, palmette above / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Dardanos (BC 520) EL 1/12 Stater1670 viewsca 520 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.11g). Cock standing right / Irregular incuse square. Very rare. Nearly extremely fine. Ex Leu 72 (5/1988), lot 259, and Aufhauser 4 (10/1987), lot 78.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater1424 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF, well centered and struck. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater880 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.10g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Extremely rare, possibly the second known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater843 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (1.17g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, only a handful known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/12 Stater859 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/12 Stater or Hemihekte (1.09g). Forepart of stag running right, head reverted / Incuse square with irregular surface. VF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater879 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater758 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.56g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater584 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.57g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; 3 dots to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Triton VIII, 405; otherwise unpublished. Fine. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/24 Stater858 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Very rare.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/3 Stater3838 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.67g). ΦΑΝΕΟΣ (retrograde), spotted stag grazing right / Two square incuse punch marks, each textured with pattern of short raised lines. Nearly complete legend. Nose of stag off flan, otherwise good very fine.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater892 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater1286 viewsPhanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.28g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Near VF. Very rare, fewer than a dozen known.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater931 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right; three pellets to left / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Unpublished variety with pellets, for type without see: VF, well centered strike. Unique.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/48 Stater970 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (0.29g). Head of stag right / Incuse square with irregular pattern. Well struck. About EF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater1338 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.31g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of only eight known hektes of Phanes. This hekte shares its reverse punch with a Phanes stater (Tkalec [2000], lot 114) and two trites (CNG 66, lot 446, and Tkalec [2001], lot 116).
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater2118 viewsPhanes, ca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.34g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Square incuse with irregular edges. EF.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/6 Stater2340 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g). Forepart of stag kneeling right, head reverted
/ Square incuse with irregular surface. Nearly extremely fine.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL 1/96 Stater2685 viewsPhanes, ca 625-600 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.14g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. VF. Extremely rare, the second recorded.
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Ephesos (BC 625-600) EL Stater4323 viewsPhanes, ca 620-600 BC. EL Stater (14.10g). ΦANOΣ EMI ΣEIMA (retrograde), spotted stag grazing right / three square incuse punch marks, each textured with pattern of short raised lines. Extremely rare. EF. Ex Rosen coll., New York.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL 1/12 Stater1800 views6th-5th century BC. EL Hemihekte (1.35g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Swastika-like cross incuse.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1548 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.58g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square with irregular surfaces. EF. Rare early issue of Erythrai, with plain incuse punch.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte983 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1155 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th cent BC. EL Hekte (2.59g). Archaic head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Incuse square with irregular surfaces. Good VF. Rare early issue of Erythrai, with plain incuse punch.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1244 viewsLate 6th-mid 5th century BC. EL Hekte (2.56g). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Rare early issue of Erythrai.
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Erythrai (BC 520-480) EL Hekte1625 viewsca 480 BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.56g). Head of Herakles facing left, wearing lion-skin headdress, truncation adorned by a row of dots / Four-part incuse square, one quarter filled. Good VF.1 comments
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Erythrai (BC 550-500) EL Hemistater2059 viewsLate 6th to mid-5th cent BC. EL Hemistater (7.00g). Milesian standard. Floral device consisting of three flowers separated by three buds, on high relief circular boss / Incuse square with irregular surfaces. EF. Very rare. Ex Garrett Collection, Part II (Numismatic Fine Arts/Bank Leu, 10/1984), lot 263; Erythrai-Çesme hoard of 1923 (IGCH 1184).
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Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater530 views7th-6th century BC. EL Hemihekte (1.09g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Irregular incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/48 Stater860 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Forty-Eighth Stater (4mm, 0.28g). Rosette / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Koppersmith Coll.
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Erythrai (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater900 views7th-6th century BC. EL Hekte (2.34g). Rosette pattern with central pellet / Irregular incuse square. VF. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater1926 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte (2.34g), Milesian standard. Head of bull right / Incuse punch. aEF. Very rare. Samos and Klazomenai have been suggested as possible mints.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Bull - EL 1/6 Stater972 viewsca 500 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.33g, 9mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Quadripartite incuse square. Near EF, toned. Rare. Ex Triton XI (1/2008), lot 250.

The Rosen catalog notes that the entry for the Vourla hoard in IGCH designates Samos as the mint of these coins, but J.P. Barron disagrees. Von Aulock placed the coin at an uncertain mint in Ionia, while Rosen was more general, at an uncertain mint in Asia Minor.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/241475 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.61g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Cock's head right / Incuse square punch. VF, well-centered.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/241640 viewsca 560-530 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.60g). Milesian standard. Head of cock facing right / Four-part incuse square. Exceptionally beautiful detail. Very rare. Choice EF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/24627 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.62g, 7mm). Bird (cock?) standing left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Cock - EL 1/24427 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.65g, 8mm). Bird (cock?) standing right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Eagle - EL 1/48947 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48th Stater (5mm, 0.27g). Eagle standing left, head reverted / Incuse punch. VF, head off the flan. Rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) EL Stater1837 viewsAsia Minor, uncertain mint possibly in Ionia, ca 500-­480 BC. EL Stater (13.97g). Forepart of ram right / Rectangular incuse punch. Of the highest rarity, only the third specimen known of this intriguing issue. Of superb style and well struck in high relief, good extremely fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) EL Stater1357 viewsAsia Minor, uncertain mint possibly in Ionia, ca 500 BC. EL Stater (14.07g). Lion’s head right with dotted collar; behind, two raised squares / Quadripartite punch with uneven surface. Two specimens known. A powerful representation of superb Archaic style. Good extremely fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) EL Stater1243 viewsAsia Minor, uncertain mint possibly in Ionia, ca 500-­480 BC. EL Stater (13.99g). Lactating lioness crouching left, head facing / Two rectangular incuses divided by a narrow band. Of the highest rarity, among the finest of only five specimens known. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex NFA 25 (1990), 62 and Sotheby's Zurich (10/1993), 50.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/121423 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater - Hemihekte (8mm, 1.17g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Horse head left / Incuse square punch. VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/121426 viewsca 550-500 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Milesian standard. Head of bridled horse left / Incuse square. Exceptionally well centered. EF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/24581 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.60g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of pegasos left / Incuse square. Near EF.

On most examples of this issue, the wing of Pegasos is off the flan, and therefore the type is usually referred to as a horse’s head.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/24496 views600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 5mm). Bridled head of Pegasos left / Rough incuse square. EF. Carr coll.

On almost all other examples that have come to auction, or appear in standard references, the wing of the Pegasos is not on the flan, giving the appearance of simply the head of a horse.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/48617 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.30g). Head of horse left / Incuse square with raised sections in form of a cross. VF. Lee Coll.; said to be ex Rosen Coll. (not included in publication of collection).
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6799 viewsca 600 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.48g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Bridled horse's head right / Irregular incuse square. Unpublished. Good VF. Unique. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts X (9/1981), lot 167.

There are a variety of published horse's head electrum in various denominations from this general period (eg. Weidauer 141-142), but none have the horse's head facing right. In addition, the style of both the horse and the incuse punch are significantly different from the present coin.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6689 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.21g). Uncertain standard. Figural type. Forepart of bridled horse left, legs forward in running motion, and mane flowing behind / Quadripartite incuse square. VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare with horse forepart.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Horse - EL 1/6815 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.5g, 11mm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Apparently unpublished.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/121273 viewsca 575-525 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.30g). Phokaian standard. Head of lion facing right / Incuse square divided in four quarters. Exceptional head of lion struck in high relief. Mint State.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/241050 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g, 7mm). Phocaic standard. Figural type. Lion seated right / Incuse square punch. EF. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24852 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.6g, 8mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24532 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 8mm). Head of lion right / Incuse punch of mill-sail pattern. gVF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/24 Stater765 views6th-5th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.60g, 7mm). Head of lion left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare. Apparently unpublished.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/48287 viewsca 6th-5th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (5mm, 0.35g). Head of lion right / Quadripartite incuse square. aEF. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/48254 views6th-5th century BC. EL 1/48 Stater (0.33g, 6mm). Head of lion right / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Extremely rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Lion - EL 1/6905 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.67g). Phokaian standard. Lion standing right, turning head backwards, roaring. In left field, unknown object / Punch mark with irregular shape and surface. Rather unusual type. Extremely rare. Struck with worn dies. Good VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/241013 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.58g). Milesian standard, figural type. Ram's head left / Incuse square punch. Near EF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 550-500) Ram - EL 1/24355 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.56g, 8mm). Head of ram left / Quadripartite incuse square. VF. Rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 560-530) Man - EL 1/24 Stater1180 viewsca 560-530 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.71g). Phokaian standard. Head of beardless man facing left / Four-part incuse square. Not found in the major references. This is one of the earliest images of a human on a coin. Good VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61177 viewsca 570-530 BC. EL Hekte (2.57g). Phokaian standard. Crab / Incuse square with irregular protuberances. Not found in the major references. Very well struck for this issue. EF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-530) Crab - EL 1/61001 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.59g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, apparently the fifth known.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Goat - EL 1/61679 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.75g). Phokaian standard. Ibex squatting left, head turned backwards / Four-part incuse square. Missing in major references; possibly unpublished. Extremely rare. EF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Griffin - EL 1/12937 viewsca 570-540 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.34g). Phokaian standard. Head of griffin right / Incuse square. Bold VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Scarab - EL 1/12 Stater2000 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.32g). Phokaic standard. Figural type. Scarab beetle / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF. Extremely rare, the third known.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Scarab - EL 1/24 Stater1732 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63g). Samian-Euboic standard. Figural type. Winged scarab / Rough incuse square punch. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of two known. This type is also known by a unique 1/48 stater (Rosen 353) and a unique 1/96 stater (Rosen Collection [Muenzen und Medaillen 72, 10/1987], lot 127).
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Siren - EL 1/121782 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.33g). Phokaian standard. Siren standing left, with the body of a bird and human head wearing cap with a long curl / Incuse square with irregular raised projections. EF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 570-540) Stag - EL 1/6896 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.61g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Forepart of stag running right / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished. VF. Apparently unique.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Bull - EL 1/121408 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte - 1/12 Stater (1.14g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Bull’s head right / Incuse square punch. Good VF. Very rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Bull - EL 1/24649 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g, 6mm). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of bull right / Incuse square punch. VF. Extremely rare, SNG Kayhan notes the type in this denomination is otherwise unpublished.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24925 viewsca 6th century BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.55g), uncertain standard, figural type. Griffin's head left / Incuse square punch. Very fine.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24404 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.5g, 6mm). Milesian standard. Palmette motif / Incuse square punch. VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24503 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.59g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Palmette motif / Incuse square punch. gVF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/24 Stater677 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Milesian standard 1/24 Stater (0.62g). Lion head (?) / Incuse punch. VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6615 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.48g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Torso of winged figure facing, head right / Incuse square punch. Near VF. Possibly unique.

This coin may not belong to the same series as the Weidauer coins, which are not only larger denominations but also exhibit a different style of wings (curved rather than pointed) and incuse punches.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/6665 viewsca 600­-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.20g). Athena or Artemis standing facing, head left, holding with both hands a long thin object across waist / Irregular incuse punch. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Extremely fine. Ex Leu 76 (1999), 165.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Figural - EL 1/96537 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (4mm, 0.13g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Raised oval within linear outline (resembling an eye) / Irregular incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/12901 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.16g). Milesian standard. Bee / quadripartite incuse square with central pellet. EF. Extremely rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/31097 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/3 Stater - Trite (4.69g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented quadripartite incuse square. EF. Extremely rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Geometric bee - EL 1/6996 viewsca 7th-6th cent BC. EL 1/6 Stater - Hekte (2.30g). Milesian standard. Bee / Ornamented incuse punch. EF. Extremely rare.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Griffin - EL 1/6545 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte (2.31g, 11mm). Head of lion (or seal) left / Two incuse square punches. gVF.1 comments
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Griffin - EL 1/6753 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (10.5mm, 2.34g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of lion(?) left, pellet (sun?) on forehead / Two incuse squares with irregular lines within. Good VF. Very rare.1 comments
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) leg - EL 1/24339 viewsa 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (6mm, 0.67g). Leg and shoulder (of stag?) / Incuse punch of mill-sail pattern. VF. Extremely rare.

The exact nature of this design is not known, but it has the strong appearance of an animal's shoulder and leg, the hair on the lower part of the leg being highly evident on this example.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) leg - EL 1/24290 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.66g). Uncertain design (chicken wing, rabbit leg, or human leg?) / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF. Extremely rare.

The device on the obverse bears a strong resemblance to the obols attributed to Phlious in Phliasia (cf. BCD Peloponnesos 78–80), as does the reverse punch – a case of imitating types?
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion - EL 1/21761 viewsca 600 BC. EL Hemistater (8.35g). Phokaian standard. Figural type. Head of roaring lion right / Irregular incuse. Good VF. Unique.

While this coin appears to belong to Wiedauer's Series XLIII (lion head), the style of both the lion and the incuse are somewhat different. In particular, the incuses on the Wiedauer coins are shallower and have rough irregular patterns in relief. The incuse on the present coin is much deeper and has a smooth surface that flows to varying depths. Although these differences suggest this coin belongs to another series or issue, it is also possible, because there are no published hemistaters of this type, that this coin represents the norm for this particular denomination.
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Ionia Uncertain (BC 600-550) Lion 1 - EL 1/12554 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte (1/12 Stater) (9mm, 1.01g). Roaring lion's head left / Ornamented incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references, but see CNG 61 (9/2002), lot 710 for a previous example. VF.
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