14C048
ISLANDS OF IONIA, SAMOS
El Hemistater (8.56gm) c. 650-600 B.C.

Irregular raised forms / Two incuse punch marks, one rectangular, the other square. Traité I 373, pl. ix, 16.

Extremely Rare. Most early electrum coinage is on one of two weight standards native to western Asia Minor, the Phocaic standard or the Milesian standard. Pieces with irregular surfaces, struck on the Attic standard, have been found on the Samos and are believed to represent the island's earliest coinage.

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