CNG 94, Lot: 568. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.17 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides within a square with slightly rounded sides / Quadripartite square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. McFaddden 3; Weidauer –; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan 699-700; Boston MFA –; Rosen –; Elektron –; Zhuyuetang 4. EF, toned.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, inv. 893387.