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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7985329, member: 86498&quot;]I have one that is similar</p><p>Electrum Hekte Unknown mint, Possibly in Northern Ionia circa 600-550 BC obverse raised swastika or mill sail pattern. Rv&nbsp; four part&nbsp; square, Rosen 314 2.71 grms 10 mm Photo by W.Hansen[ATTACH=full]1385610[/ATTACH]The early electrum coinage has proved to be remarkably opaque and this type is perhaps one of the most. The image is remarkably basic and it is known by a number of subunits all of which&nbsp; would lead one to assume that this coin is very early. However the fact that the main type is a Hekte and not a trite suggests a later date. What really moves this coinage back is that the flans were flattened before striking a process that can be confidentially dated to the&nbsp; reign of Kroisos King of Lydia whose light weight gold as well as his silver coins have both untreated and&nbsp; flattened flans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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