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Coin Details

Origin/Country: ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) IONIA, PHOCAEA c.625-600 BC
Item Description: EL Twelfth-Stater Ionia, Phocaea rv incuse punch obv griffin hd.
Full Grade: NGC XF Strike: 3/5 Surface: 4/5 Strike: 3/5 Surface: 4/5
Owner: Von Werner

Set Details

Custom Sets: Ancient World Examples 7th BC to 2nd Century AD
One coin per Century, 7th Century BC to 21st Century
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Price Guide

Owner Comments:

From the Greek Island of Ionia, thought to be the birthplace of coinage, this silver twelfth Stater shows a Griffin on the obverse and an in use punch on the reverse. Believed to be one of the first, if not first, coins made for circulation.

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