Triton XVIII, Lot: 647. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.59 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Paw of lion / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Weidauer –; Elektron I 36; Rosen 285 (this coin); Traité –; SNG Kayhan –; SNG von Aulock –. Near EF, toned. Exceptional strike and centering for issue. Very rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Jonathan P. Rosen Collection (Münzen und Medaillen 72, 6 October 1987), lot 49; Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 255.