CNG 94, Lot: 571. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.37 g). Phokaic standard. Geometric type. Raised counterclockwise swastika pattern / Quadripartite incuse square. Weidauer –; Traité I 235-6 var. (direction of swastika); SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA supp. 163; Rosen 269; Elektron –; CNG 88, lot 357 var. (same). VF, toned. Rare denomination for this issue.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Purchased privately from Numismatica Ars Classica.