CNG 100, Lot: 1478. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. 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. Dolphin left; ornaments (or letters?) around / Incuse square with raised portions on each side. CNG 99, lot 243 var. (same obv. die, slightly different punch); Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, lot 184 var. (same), otherwise unpublished. VF, some die wear on obverse. Extremely rare, apparently the third known of this type.