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Electrum coin of one-twelfth stater weight (Ephesus Excavations Inventory ART 86/L567). Obverse: roaring lion head facing right, with a round “wart” on top of the muzzle; the wisps of the mane pointing downwards. Reverse: incuse punch. Diameter 0.0073 m; weight 1.1 g.


Ca. 630-575 BC, Lydian
Selcuk, Ephesus Museum, 100/41/86

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