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1⁄24 Stater
| Issuer | Uncertain Ionian city |
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| Year | 625 BC - 600 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A corresponding incuse mill-sail or swastika pattern sunk into the reverse, formed as a consequence of the obverse punch during striking. The four quadrants of the incuse design mirror the relief pattern of the obverse, creating a recessed swastika-form within an overall irregular incuse square. The surface displays the characteristic rough, striated texture typical of early archaic Greek electrum coinage. No inscription or secondary device is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (625 BC - 600 BC) |
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These fractional electrum pieces — struck by one or more cities along the Ionian coast in the decades around 600 BC — belong to the very earliest phase of Western coinage, when the technology of striking metal blanks with a device was still being worked out city by city. Attribution remains contested; the uncertain issuer designation reflects genuine scholarly disagreement, not missing documentation. The natural electrum alloy, a gold-silver mix occurring in Lydian river deposits, varied in composition from blank to blank, making consistent weight control across a denomination this small nearly impossible to achieve.