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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 7934579, member: 57463"][ATTACH=full]1372364[/ATTACH] Miletos c. 550 BCE electrum sixth stater 2.37 grams (ex: Singer). Recumbant lion / incuse punches.Several known similar. None the same to each other or this.SNG Von Aulock 1796BMC Vol III No 7: IoniaBabelon Plates I,14 and I,20.Brett Boston MFA Weidenauer 129, 130.Waggoner Rosen Collection Pozzi 2465SNG Huharrem Kayhan 442 Larger images here[ATTACH]1372365[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1372366[/ATTACH] BELOW One stater Miletos from Nomos AG 2009[ATTACH=full]1372383[/ATTACH] Many here know Frank Robinson. In his book, Confessions of a Numismatic Fanatic, he tells of hanging out with some other kids who were also collectors and who were going on about the sale of a Brasher Doubloon. Frank said that he had a coin just as rare, but the gang was not impressed because his was a China cash. Frank's point, of course, was that a dedicated collector can own a unique coin. About 25 years ago, Dr. Gordon Andreas ("Andy") Singer was set up at the MSNS Thanksgiving show. His table displayed medieval coins. I gave them some attention and started to walk past and he asked me what I was looking for and I said, "Archaic silver." And he replied, "Gold can be as cheap as silver." I read the tag and told him that the coin was misattributed to Phocaea when it was clearly Miletos. He said that it wasn't his specialty and the coin was mine at that price if I wanted it.[/QUOTE]