Triton XVIII, Lot: 614. Estimate $7500. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Stater (22mm, 14.00 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch, containing three pellets connected in Λ shape, two parallel lines, and a fox standing left; flanked by two square punches containing, respectively, a stellate pattern and a stag’s head left. Weidauer 126; Elektron I 61; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Kayhan 440; BMC 2; Boston MFA 1882; Kraay & Hirmer 591; Traité I 19 = C. Greenwell, “On some Rare Greek Coins” in NC 1897, pl. XI, 17; Konuk & Lorber fig. 18. Good VF. Well struck for issue.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Jacquier FPL 26 (Spring 2001), no. 79; Martin Huth Collection, purchased from Frank Sternberg.