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Sold At AUCTION #33
Lot Number: 63388
Estimate: $1,000.00
Final Sale Price: $1,045.00
Denomination: Hekte - Sixth Stater
Grade: VF
Reference: Weidauer 6; SNG von Aulock -


  Ionia. Uncertain. Circa 680-650 BC. Period of the Artemesian Find. EL Hekte - Sixth
  Stater (2.29 gm). Granulated convex globule / Two incuse punches. Weidauer 6; SNG von
  Aulock -. VF. Rare. Estimate $1000.

  The Artemesion Find was a group of 93 electrum coins discovered on the site of the
  temple of Artemis at Ephesos. It contained 13 different types and nine coins without
  types, the obverse being blank or bearing only striations. Denominations from 1/96th
  stater to 1/2 stater were represented. This group has been of great importance in
  providing evidence for the dating and development of the earliest coinage in the
  western world.

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