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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 1981030, member: 42034&quot;]More details to follow, I have one of those early &quot;Geometric type&quot; full electrum staters you touched on in your post.&nbsp; I&#039;m still trying to date the thing.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Greece_Samos_stater_Stacks_both.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>As always the photo is courtesy of the auction firm, in this case: Stack&#039;s. I have a hard time photographing coins. This piece weighs 17.32 g according to my Ohaus scientific balance.&nbsp; I did discuss this piece with Joe Linzalone who said it kinda snuck past people at auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weight is interesting.&nbsp; The early Lydian staters standard was 14 grams.&nbsp; This coin was issued by the island Kingdom of Samos which I think was off the coast of Lydia.&nbsp; Samos&#039; weight standard was far heavier than the Lydian one and the Kingdom retained it&#039;s identity for a long time I recall.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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