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Hemistater
| Issuer | Samos |
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| Year | 600 BC - 570 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Irregular, bean-shaped electrum flan bearing a roughly rendered lion in profile facing right, consistent with early Archaic Greek coinage conventions attributed to the Samian mint. The surface displays the characteristic uneven texture of early struck electrum, with the design elements appearing in low, somewhat indistinct relief typical of the earliest coinage traditions of the eastern Aegean. The field is plain and uninscribed, reflecting the pre-legend phase of Greek coin production. The style is primitive and schematic, characteristic of the experimental phase of coinage in the late 7th to early 6th century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (600 BC - 570 BC) |
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