CNG 105, Lot: 338. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.16 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Incuse square with geometric pattern. Cf. CNG E-276, lot 184 (same punch, but on fourrée); see also CNG 94, lot 561 and CNG 72, lot 765 for similar hemiketai, and Linzalone 1007 for a similar trite, otherwise unpublished in the standard references. As made.