CNG 97, Lot: 207. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.57 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides within a square with slightly rounded sides / Quadripartite incuse square with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. McFadden 4; Weidauer –; Traité –; Elektron II 16; Rosen 279 = Rosen Sale 43; SNG Kayhan 701 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock –. Good VF. Very rare.