Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 946. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.13 g). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides within a square with slightly rounded sides / Quadripartite incuse square punch with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. Weidauer -; McFadden 3; SNG Kayhan 699-700; Zhuyuetang 4 (all struck from the same obv. die and rev. punch). EF for issue. ($750)