431, Lot: 209. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (14mm, 4.75 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Schematic head of lion right / Two incuse squares. Weidauer 117; Traité I 56 var. (obv. type left); cf. Elektron I 26 (hemihekte); cf. Rosen 278 (hemihekte); cf. SNG Kayhan 708–10 (myshemihektai); SNG von Aulock –; Linzalone Ln1097. VF, crude strike, typical die wear on obverse. Very rare as a trite.