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Stater
| Issuer | Chios (Ionia) |
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| Year | 525 BC - 510 BC |
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| Currency | Lydo-Milesian stater |
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| Obverse description | A sphinx, the civic badge of Chios, rendered in archaic Ionian style, seated in left profile upon a plain ground line, the body leonine with haunches turned to face the viewer. The creature raises its right forepaw in a characteristic striding pose, while the arched, elaborately striated wing rises prominently above the feline back, its feathers rendered in fine parallel ridges. The human head is shown in left profile, with long tresses falling before the chest, the facial features modelled in the bold, high-relief manner typical of late archaic electrum coinage. The design fills the irregular flan, with the raised relief standing out sharply against the unornamented field. |
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| Reverse description | A deep quadripartite incuse square dominates the reverse, its four recessed compartments divided by raised ridges forming a cross-shaped partition, characteristic of early archaic Greek coinage produced by the punch technique. The incuse is sharply impressed into the flan, with each of the four quadrants showing a slightly irregular, striated surface resulting from the hammered strike. The surrounding field is plain and convex, conforming to the naturally irregular shape of the electrum flan. No inscription or subsidiary device is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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