CNG 97, Lot: 224. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.58 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of ram left / Incuse squares with geometric pattern. Cf. Weidauer 48–51 (trites and hektai); Traité –; cf. Elektron I 25 (hemihekte); SNG Kayhan –; cf. SNG von Aulock 1798 (hemihekte); cf. CNG 96, lot 479 (trite with same punch); Linzalone LN1136 = CNG 69, lot 433; CNG 81, lot 535 = Baldwin’s 52, lot 60. VF, a few marks. Extremely rare denomination for series, none in Weidauer, only two in CoinArchives.