Thunderbolt or Gordian Knot?
CNG 99, Lot: 246. Estimate $750. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.36 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Thunderbolt / Two incuse squares. Linzalone Ln1143 = CNG 66, lot 465, otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.
Linzalone considers the obverse type to be a representation of the famed Gordian Knot.