CNG 94, Lot: 600. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (6mm, 1.19 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Figural type. Carapace of scarab beetle / Patterned incuse square punch. Weidauer –; Traité I –; SNG Kayhan –; Boston MFA –; Rosen –; Elektron I 9 corr. (obverse description); Aufäuser 10, lot 134. VF, struck from a worn obverse die. Extremely rare.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, inv. 765642.

For a trite from this series, see CNG 51, lot 432