CNG 93, Lot: 404. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-Fourth Stater (6mm, 0.60 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Head of pegasos left / Incuse square. Weidauer 145–6; Traité I 347 (Chios); Elektron II 43; Rosen 287–8; SNG Kayhan 717; SNG von Aulock 1781. Near EF.

On most examples of this issue, the wing of Pegasos is off the flan, and therefore the type is usually referred to as a horse’s head.