338, Lot: 93. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2060. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves each containing a pellet, the lower halves bisected by two small vertical lines; the lower two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines. McFadden 2; Weidauer –; Elektron I 17; Rosen –; Traité I 5 = HPM p. 190, 20; SNG Kayhan 698; SNG von Aulock –; Zhuyuetang 3. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare.