CNG 94, Lot: 569. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Fourty-Eighth Stater (5mm, 0.27 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure composed of a vertical line with horizontal lines radiating outward / Quadripartite square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. McFaddden 5; Weidauer –; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA –; Rosen –; Elektron –; Zhuyuetang 6. Good VF.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Purchased privately from Edward J. Waddell.