Triton XVIII, Lot: 639. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (13mm, 4.67 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. 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 1; Weidauer –; Elektron I 16; Rosen Sale 12; Traité –; SNG Kayhan 697; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus, etc.), pl. 10, 318; Zhuyuetang 2; Konuk & Lorber fig. 14. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare.