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Stater
| Issuer | Miletos |
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| Year | 550 BC - 525 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Mint | Miletos |
| Mintage | ND (550 BC - 525 BC) |
| Additional information |
Miletos was among the earliest Greek cities to adopt coinage, and its electrum issues predate the widespread standardization that would later define Greek minting practice. The natural alloy used here — mined from river deposits in the Lydian hinterland — varied in gold-to-silver ratio from piece to piece, a fact that made large-denomination electrum inherently problematic for trade and almost certainly contributed to the city's eventual shift toward silver coinage.
The SNG Kayhan reference places this piece within a well-documented Anatolian collection and confirms its die alignment within established typological sequences for the series.