Third Known Scarab Hemihekte

CNG 93, Lot: 405. Estimate $3000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.32 g). Phokaic standard. Figural type. Scarab beetle / Quadripartite incuse square. Gemini X, lot 94; Helios 8, lot 276; otherwise unpublished. Good VF. Extremely rare, the third known.