IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.12 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides within a square with slightly rounded sides / Quadripartite square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. McFaddden 3; Weidauer –; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan 699-700; Boston MFA –; Rosen –; Elektron –; Zhuyuetang 4. EF, lightly toned. Well centered.
From the Lexington Collection.
