Third and Finest Known

CNG 87, Lot: 544. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.63 g). Phocaic standard. Figural type. Lion seated right / Incuse square punch. CNG 85, 438; Gemini VI, 161; otherwise unpublished. EF. Extremely rare, the third, and finest, known.