CNG 105, Lot: 348. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 1.17 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of bull left / Incuse square with geometric pattern. SNG von Aulock 1786 var. (different patter in incuse); cf. SNG Kayhan 1558 (hekte, with similar obv. style); cf. Elektron II 44 (same); cf. CNG E-388, lot 122 (forty-eighth stater; listed as Phokaic, but possibly a heavy Lydo-Milesian). EF, toned. Very rare.