CNG 85, Lot: 438. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (7mm, 0.63 g). Figural type. Phocaic standard. Lion seated right / Incuse square punch. Gemini VI, 161; otherwise unpublished. EF. Extremely rare, the second and finest known.