CNG 100, Lot: 92. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.14 g). Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Quadripartite incuse square with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. McFadden 3 (this coin illustrated); Elektron –; Rosen –; Traité –; Zhuyuetang 4; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Kayhan 699–700. EF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex CNG Inventory 704651 (December 1997).