Extremely Rare Scarab Hekte

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 534. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $710. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 1/6 Stater – Hekte (2.27 g). Samian-Euboeic standard. Figural type. Scarab beetle(?) / Double incuse square punch. Unpublished as a hekte, but cf. CNG 51, lot 432 (trite); cf. NAC 23, lot 1250 (trite); cf. CNG 72, lot 774 (hemihekte). VF. Extremely rare.