CNG 112, Lot: 253. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Phanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (7mm, 0.57 g). Forepart of stag left, head reverted / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Konuk & Lorber Fig. 19; CNG E-440, lot 126; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Lightly toned. Near EF. Well centered. Very rare without pellets on obverse, only two in CoinArchives.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.