450, Lot: 145. Estimate $75. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 550-500 BC. AR Ninety-sixth Stater (4mm, 0.10 g). Persic standard. Bee / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Karwiese Series III (unlisted denomination); cf. SNG Kayhan 1221 (forty-eighth stater). Toned. VF. Extremely rare denomination.