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Tyrants of the Tigris & euphrates
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Uncertain Ionia
Electrum Stater (13.93 g), ca. 625-600 BC
Anonymous
Linzalone 1061 (this coin); Zhuyuetang Collection 1. Extremely Fine.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric design somewhat resembling a star, composed of a cross centered
upon a polygon of eight sides within a square with slightly rounded sides . Reverse: Central rectangular
punch with alternating comb like projections, flanked by two incuse squares, one divided into four.
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Uncertain Ionia
Electrum Trite (Third Stater). (4.54 g), ca. 625-600 BC
Anonymous
Linzalone 1062 (this coin); Elektron I 16; Rosen Sale 12; SNG Kayhan 697; SNG Copen-
hagen (Cyprus, etc.), pl. 10, 318; Zhuyuetang Collection 2. Extremely Fine.
Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric design somewhat resembling a star, composed of a cross centered
upon a polygon of eight sides. Reverse: Rectangular incuse punch divided by a horizontal and vertical
line into four compartments, two of the compartments further divided by a thin horizontal line creating
four compartments, two with a thin line and two with pellets. The other two larger compartments are
further divided into six compartments by two diagonal lines.