MYSIA. Lampsakos. Circa 411 BC. Stater (Electrum, 19 mm, 15.17 g, 12 h). Forepart of Pegasos to left; below, Ξ; around, grapevine with leaves and bunches of grapes. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with two quarters raised. Baldwin, Electrum, p. 8, 1 and pl. I, 12a-k. BMC pl. XVIII, 8 (same dies). Jameson 1432 (same dies). Rosen 523 (this coin). SNG Paris 1112 (same dies). SNG von Aulock 1292 (same dies). Traité II, 327 and pl. VIII, 4 (same dies). Rare and with a curious double strike. Very fine.



Although the rare staters of Lampsakos are often struck on irregular or undersized flans, a double strike as pronounced as this is exceedingly rare. The thick flan must surely have required considerable force for the design to be impressed so clearly twice.