Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 245. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Phanes. Circa 625-600 BC. EL 1/96 Stater (0.14 g). Head of stag right / Incuse square punch with raised lines within. Giessener Münzhandlung 46 (30 October 1989), lot 247 (same obv. die), otherwise unpublished. VF. Extremely rare, the second recorded. ($2000)