322, Lot: 276. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.14 g). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Quadripartite square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. McFadden 3; SNG Kayhan 699-700; Zhuyuetang 4; Triton XIV, lot 306; Triton X, lot 321; Triton IX, lot 946 (all struck from the same obv. die and rev. punch). EF.