Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 442. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Sixth Stater - Hekte (2.36 gm). Samian-Euboeic standard. Plain type. Globular plain surface / Double incuse punch, one with striated faces, the other with rough faces. Weidauer 4; Traité -; BMC Ionia -; SNG Kayhan 674; Boston MFA 1750; SNG von Aulock -; Rosen -. Good VF for type. ($1000)

See lot 430 for more information on early electrum coinage.