318, Lot: 217. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Stater (20mm, 13.87 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch containing a fox standing left, two lines, and three pellets, flanked by two square punches containing, respectively, a stellate pattern and a geometric pattern (or monogram). Weidauer –; Traité II 18; SNG Kayhan 440; Rosen 577. Near Fine.

From the RAJ Collection.