CNG 99, Lot: 239. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.71 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Schematic head of lion right / Two incuse squares. Weidauer 117 (same rev. punches); Traité I 56 var. (obv. type left); cf. Elektron I 26 (hemihekte); cf. Rosen 278 (hemihekte); cf. SNG Kayhan 708–10 (myshemihektai); SNG von Aulock –; Linzalone Ln1097 (same rev. punches). Good VF, typical die wear on obverse. Very rare as a trite.