The Coinage of Phanes

CNG 111, Lot: 228. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Phanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9.5mm, 2.34 g). Forepart of stag right, head reverted / Abstract geometric pattern within incuse square. Cf. Weidauer 36–7 (twelfth stater); Linzalone 1103; CNG 105, lot 291; CNG E-423, lot 165 (same dies). Good VF. Well centered.