Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 808. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.13 g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of lion right; pellet below / Incuse square of uncertain design with pellet. Traité I 48A = B.V. Head, “Electrum Coins and their Specific Gravity,” NC 1887, 16 (same dies). VF. Extremely rare.