| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30040 Price realized: 3,200 USD (Approx. 2,917 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.64 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain blank type / Two incuse squares with irregular interior surfaces, side-by-side, slightly offset. Linzalone LN1005-1008. Cf. Weidauer 7 (hecte). Cf. SNG Kayhan 673 (hecte). SNG Von Aulock 7762. Delightful buttery yellow flan. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, private sale (26 April 2019). While the sequence of issues for the earliest electrum coinage is still imperfectly understood, recent discoveries have begun to clarify the picture. It is now evident that the first "coins" were pre-weighed electrum globules of no particular design but conforming to the weight standard prevalent in Ionia and Lydia, a "stater" of about 14 grams and its fractions. Next came pieces bearing simple punch patterns on the "reverse," but with a blank or rudimentary "obverse," as seen here. These were followed quickly by pieces displaying a series of parallel striations, the first example of something that could be termed an obverse "type." Thus this "typeless trite" issue is among the very first coins struck by any culture. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionia-uncertain-mint-ca-650-600-bc-el-third-stater-or-trite-13mm-464-gm-ngc-choice-vf-5-5-4-5/a/3113-30040.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 2000-4000 USD |  |
