CNG 100, Lot: 95. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.16 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Grain ear / Incuse square with stellate pattern. SNG Kayhan 705; Konuk & Lorber fig. 13; CNG 96, lot 474; Gorny & Mosch 138, lot 104; Giessener Münzhandlung 64, lot 338. Good VF, toned. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Jonathan Kern, June 1999.