CNG 100, Lot: 98. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 600-570 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.89 g). Head of lioness or panther facing; field of rough marks around / Incuse square with irregular markings. Konuk, Electrum, Type 3, dies O1/R2 corr. (O1 = O2); Nicolet-Pierre & Barrandon pl. IV, 17 (same dies); Barron pl. XXX, 6 = Weidauer 199 = Traité I 379 (same dies); HGC 6, 1168 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG Kayhan 638–9 (same dies); ACGC 67 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, a little die wear on obverse, some tiny deposits on reverse. Well centered. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Berk BBS 106 (20 January 1999), lot 2.