Second Known

Triton XVII, Lot: 323. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Uncertain. 6th century BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.14 g). Head of boar right; ornament (or letter?) below / Rough incuse square. Spier p. 332, 5 = Kastner 4, lot 97 (unlisted dies); cf. Weidauer 55 = Boston MFA 1760 (trite); cf. Weidauer 56 = BMC Ionia p. 17, 1 (hekte); cf. Rosen 282 (myshemihekte). VF. Extremely rare, the second known of this denomination for this rare series.