Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 741. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, MiletosBefore 575 BC. EL Hekte (2.32 gm). Forepart of a roaring lion left / Two square incuse punches, the one on the left composed of radiating lines, the one on the right an eagle. Cf. Weidauer 128 (same left side incuse punch). Near EF. ($1000)

It is possible that the obverse of this coin was intended to be a full lion as opposed to a forepart of a lion, the coin having been struck off center towards the right.