CNG 87, Lot: 541. Estimate $200. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (12mm, 2.30 g). Milesian standard. Figural type. Two serpent heads left / Two incuse punches; one with two pellets, the other with pellet and linear device. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Gorny & Mosch 107, lot 189 for another recently offered. Good VF. Very rare.

The pellet and linear device punch was used to strike the hemihekte in the following lot.