Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 734. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 1/12 Stater (1.25 g). Head and forepaw of lion left / Stellate pattern incuse. SNG Kayhan 449; SNG Copenhagen -; Rosen 275. Good VF, irregular flan. Very rare.

All of the references cite the obverse as simply “lion head left,” but the photographs and this specimen clearly show the forepaw below the head, which is consistent with the obverses of the later fractional denominations at Miletos.