Two Uncertain Hemistaters

Triton XVIII, Lot: 637. Estimate $15000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemistater (15mm, 7.12 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Central pellet-in-circle from which rays eminate; pellets between rays / Incuse of uncertain pattern. Unpublished, but cf. Rosen 331 for a fraction of this type with a nearly identical incuse pattern. Near EF. Extremely rare.