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II.2 - Electrum hekte with incuse - Phocaea, Ionia (6th-5th century BC)

On the observe of the coin is the head of a bull with a human face. Behind the head is a small seal, symbol of the city. On the reverse are four incuse punches.
Electrum, a gold and silver alloy occurring naturally in the region, was transformed into money by the Greeks, although the alloy's ambiguous nature soon led the authorities to assay it and mark the individual pieces. Towards the end of the Archaic period the main centres issuing electrum coins were, apart from Phocaea, Mytilene on Lesbos, Cyzicus and Miletus.


Entrance to the Money Museum
Entrance to the Money Museum, view of the atrium with the plan of the museum
Room I, also called the “Sala Oddo”
Room II, case containing books on numismatics
Room IV, display of paper money
III. 3 Royal Finance Department, One-Hundred Lire Note Dated 1st April 1760
Manifattura di Lana in Borgosesia (Vercelli, at the time Novara) – 50 cents
Società Promotrice dell’Industria Nazionale (Turin) – 50 cents
Banca Popolare di Milano – 3 Lire (issued on 20th June 1866) – (extremely rare)
III.16 Design for a ten-lire state note dated circa 1920
III. 17 - Set of three designs for one-hundred, five-hundred and one-thousand lire banknotes of the American Banknote Company
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