CNG 105, Lot: 343. Estimate $300. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (5.5mm, 0.59 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Square object (swastika?) with lines radiating from each side / Incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, as made.

This interesting electrum fraction has an obverse that parallels the design on Rosen 363 and 364, but those coins were struck on the Samian standard. The design is also similar to the Lydo-Milesian standard fractions of SNG Kayhan 702–3, but those coins lack the radiating lines. At the same time, the form of the incuse here is significantly different from either of the aforementioned issues, so it may not be related to either of them.