Sale: Triton X, Lot: 321. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (1.11 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. McFadden 3; SNG Kayhan 699-700; Zhuyuetang 4; Triton IX, 946 (all struck from the same obv. die and rev. punch). Good VF for issue. Very rare.