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| Emittent | Uncertain Ionian city |
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| Jahr | 600 BC - 550 BC |
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| Nennwert | Hemistater (1/2) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Facing right, the forepart of a roaring lion rendered in bold relief, its jaws agape revealing the teeth and tongue, the mane indicated by a series of stylized striations radiating from the neck. The design is executed in the archaic Ionian artistic tradition, with a strong, naturalistic modelling of the head contrasting with the conventionalized treatment of the mane. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, typical of early electrum coinage. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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Electrum hemistaters from uncertain Ionian mints occupy one of the most contested corners of early numismatics. The question of who actually struck these pieces — Miletus, Ephesus, Phocaea, or a civic authority now archaeologically invisible — has never been resolved to consensus. Kraay and Hirmer's foundational work attributed many such pieces to Miletus based on find spot concentrations, but subsequent hoards, particularly from the Artemision deposits at Ephesus, complicated that picture considerably.
The Artemision hoard, deposited around 600 BC, remains the single most important evidence for dating the earliest electrum coinage anywhere.