Triton XVII, Lot: 315. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.16 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Quadripartite incuse square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. Weidauer –; Traité –; SNG Kayhan 699-700; Zhuyuetang 4; Triton X, lot 321; Triton IX, lot 946 (all struck from the same obv. die and rev. punch). EF, toned. Rare.