Stater
Features
| Issuer |
Chios
(Ionia)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 525 BC - 510 BC |
| Value | Stater (1) |
| Currency | Lydo-Milesian stater |
| Composition | Electrum |
| Weight | 14.25 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 470923 |
| References | Mavrogordato# 7 John Mavrogordato; 1918. A chronological arrangement of the coins of Chios. Frederick Hall, Oxford, United Kingdom.Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , HGC 6# 1112 Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Sphinx with curved wing seated to left, raising her right forepaw.
Reverse
Quadripartite incuse square.
Mint
Chios, Ionia, modern-day Island of Chios, GreeceComments
Wartenberg, Was There an Ionian Revolt Coinage, White Gold, p. 615, 71.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Nomos AG Auction 33 Lot 1325 
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9 Jun 2024 | VF |
USD 177 330.12
(CHF 140 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan, ex Spink 158, 27 March 2002, 57; Canessa, Naples, 28 June 1923, 77 |
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