Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right, dolphin (partially off flan) swimming left below.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Issuer: Phokaia (Phocaea) in Ionia.
Specifications: Electrum, 9 mm, 2.53 g.
Grade: NGC VF; Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5; cert. #4280918-001. Purchased raw.
Reference: Bodenstedt Ph.91.
Provenance: Ex-Germania Inferior Numismatics, Netherlands, via VCoins store, 9 June 2017.*
Notes: the world's earliest coinage was struck in electrum, and many had simple punch mark designs like the reverse of this one.
Comments: This was my first electrum coin. It is a tiny masterpiece.
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Collection : Ancient & Medieval Coins (to 1600 AD)