Triton XVII, Lot: 313. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (11mm, 4.61 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Rectangular incuse punch divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines; the lower two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves contain a pellet, the lower halves are bisected by two small vertical lines. Weidauer –; Traité –; SNG Kayhan 697; Zhuyuetang 2; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus, etc.), pl. 10, 318; Rosen Sale, lot 12; Triton X, lot 319; Triton IX, lot 944–5 (all struck from the same obv. die). Good VF, toned. Rare.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 2000 from F. Shore.