CNG 100, Lot: 93. Estimate $750. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6mm, 0.58 g). Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a crosshatch design, with two parallel lines splayed at one end / Quadripartite incuse square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet; some sections contain further lines. McFadden 4; Elektron II 16; Rosen 279; Traité –; Zhuyuetang 5; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Kayhan 701. EF, light deposits. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex CNG Inventory 704652 (December 1997).