CNG 108, Lot: 210. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.57 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a crosshatch design, with two parallel lines splayed at one end / Quadripartite incuse square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet; some sections contain further lines. McFadden 4; Elektron II 16; Rosen 279; SNG Kayhan 701; SNG von Aulock –; Traité –; Zhuyuetang 5. EF. Unusually sharp detail. Rare denomination for type.