Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 438. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL 
Stater (17.51 gm). Samian-Euboic standard. Plain 
type. Estimate $10000 Sold For $16000 

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Stater 
(17.51 gm). Samian-Euboic standard. Plain type. 
Rough plain surface / Bipartite incuse square 
punch. Unpublished, but cf. Harlan J. Berk 135th 
Buy or Bid Sale (10 December 2003), no. 4 for a 
third stater struck with the same reverse punch. 
Good VF for type. ($10,000)

This coin is from a subgroup within plain type 
series of electrum characterized by a small 
bipartite incuse square punch, rather than the 
traditional double incuse square punch. Apart from 
the Berk specimen, there are no published examples 
from this subgroup (the Berk coin is incorrectly 
referenced to Boston MFA 1749, a coin from the 
double incuse subgroup).

See lot 430 for more information on early electrum 
coinage.

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