![]() Illustrations of most of the denominations may be found in Konuk ( 2002, 2003), and in the Miletus section of the Wildwinds database. The table below summarizes this first electrum series from Miletus. ![]() Alternatively, they may be Lydian or Carian in origin. It is possible that a family of electrum forty-eighth staters that variously feature a lion’s face and a scorpion, a lion’s paw and a scorpion, or a lion’s head to right and a scorpion, may be the next denomination down in this Milesian series. The electrum twelfth staters in the series feature a simple lion’s head right on the obverse and one quincuncial punch on the reverse, while the twenty-fourth staters show a facing lion’s head on the obverse (rather than a lion’s head right) along with an untooled square punch on the reverse. The electrum third staters and sixth staters feature reduced versions of the crouching lion regardant seen on the full staters, and their reverses usually show only two square punches, one of them again displaying the quincunx. The quincuncial punches are very similar to the quincuncial reverse designs seen on an obscure early series of tiny silver fractions, suggesting that those coins may also have come from Miletus. The reverse punches on the full staters typically include a central oblong punch containing a running fox, and two square punches on either side that feature a stag’s head and a square quincunx. Inscribed on a stone lion at Miletus’ Lion Gate ( Melville Jones, 1993: 257)Īn electrum stater of Miletus ca. this form, I was struck on all the city’s coinage, making it conspicuous, impression strength but Miletus granted me favour in recognition of my excellence, for after my fierce existence on the mountain, I rest overlooking this harbour in a public place. (1) The Sixth-Century Electrum Lion Coins of Miletus PAGES: Illustrated table of contents- Illustrated numerical catalogue- History and weight standards- Chronological table- The electrum lion coins of the kings of Lydia (1)- The enigmatic “geometric” electrum series (1)- The sixth-century electrum lion coins of Miletus (2)- The electrum and silver lion/scorpion issues (3)- The silver eye-swirl/quincunx fractions (12)- The dotted lion-mask series (7)- The archaic twelfth-stater series (21)- The silver Milesian-style lion/bird fractions (14)- The lion-head/lion-scalp series (2)- Milesian imitatives of Hecatomnus, Mausolus, and Hidrieus (2)- The fourth-century bronze lion/sun series (3)- The Rhodian silver and bronze Apollo/lion series (7)- Early silver and bronze of Alexander the Great (5)- The reduced-Rhodian didrachms and their parallel bronzes (3)- The later Diadochian and civic Alexander types (2)- The third-century Persic silver and bronze Apollo/lion series (2)- The bronze facing-Apollo coinage (6)- The second-century silver Apollo/lion issues (5)- The wreathed bronze Apollo/lion series (8)- The bronze Apollo of Didyma series (2)- Provincial bronzes of Nero (2)- Provincial bronzes of Domitian (1)- Provincial bronzes of Faustina the Younger (1)- Provincial bronzes of Gordian III (1)- The Ottoman silver akçes of fifteenth-century Balad (1)- References and literature cited- Ancient coin resources online. These pages discuss the early history of coinage and present a detailed outline of Milesian coin types from the Greek and Roman periods. It has been called the birthplace of the modern world. O’Hara ancient Greek city of Miletus in Asia Minor, on what is now the west coast of Turkey, was the intellectual and commercial center of the Greek world in the century before Athens rose to prominence. ![]() Coins of Miletus > Milesian Electrum | Previous | Next Ancient Greek Coins of Miletus Robert J.
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