CNG 97, Lot: 221. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.52 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of bridled horse left / Rough incuse square. Apparently unpublished. Near VF, struck with worn obverse die.

There is a wide variety of electrum hektai with a horse head, but the style of the horse, as well as the incuse, is quite different on this piece from the published examples.