Stater

Features

Issuer	Chios (Ionia)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	500 BC
Value	Stater (1)
Currency	Lydo-Milesian stater
Composition	Electrum
Weight	14.05 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 389801
References	Mavrogordato# 23 John Mavrogordato; 1918. A chronological arrangement of the coins of Chios. Frederick Hall, Oxford, United Kingdom. , Jameson# 1520a Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Rosen# 605 Nancy M. Waggoner; 1983. Early Greek Coins from the Collection of Jonathan P. Rosen. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , GCV# 3572 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , Gillet# 1121 . Charles Gillet Collection. , Baldwin Chios# 9 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1915. “Electrum and silver coins of Chios issued during the sixth, fifth and fourth centuries, B. C.”, American Journal of Numismatics, Volume 48, pages 1-60. , Baldwin La# 6 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1924. “Lampsakos; the gold staters, silver and bronze coinages”, American Journal of Numismatics, 53, no. 3. , Kunstfreund# 3 Herbert Adolph Cahn (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.), Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Pierre Strauss (ed.); 1974. Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes: Auktion am 18. Mai 1974 in Zürich = Greek coins from the collection of an art lover. Bank Leu, Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Zürich, Switzerland / Basel, Switzerland.

Obverse

Sphinx seated right, wearing round earring and stephane, raising left foreleg. A spiral tendril extends from head.

Reverse

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint

Chios, Ionia, modern-day Island of Chios, Greece

Comments

Baldwin, AJN 48, pl. 1, 9; Baldwin, Lampsakos, pl. 2, 6; Mavrogordato, NC 1915, p. 50, 23 and pl. 2, 10; Houghton, Archaic Coins (Malibu, 1983), p. 21, 15 and pl. 22.

Only four specimens known.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (-500)								$ 150 000				Circa 500 BC

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 120 Lot 400	6 Oct 2020	XF	USD 177 861.12 (CHF 140 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 88 Lot 423	8 Oct 2015	XF	USD 88 930.56 (CHF 70 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Hirsch XXIX, 1910, Lambros, 701; Leu-M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreund, 3; NFA XVIII, 1987, 196; NFA XXVII, 1991, 59 = Gillet 1121 = Jameson 1520a = Rosen 605
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