Sale: Triton X, Lot: 320. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.27 g). Milesian standard. Geometric type. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross with lines radiating from angles, centered upon a polygon of eight sides; all within a square with slightly rounded sides / Rectangular incuse punch divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines; the lower two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves contain a pellet, the lower halves are bisected by two small vertical lines. McFadden 2; SNG Kayhan 698; Zhuyuetang 3; Traité I 5; HPM pl. 16, 8 (Paeonia) (all from the same die and punch). Good VF for issue. Very rare.

While the stater and 1/3 stater have different obverse and reverse types, the 1/6 staters combine the obverse type of the stater with the reverse type of the 1/3. Perhaps a means of differentiating value?