311, Lot: 699. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 550-500 BC. AR Ninety-Sixth Stater (5mm, 0.08 g). Bee / Star of eight rays within linear border within incuse square. Karweise Series IIIa (unlisted denomination); cf. SNG Kayhan 116-7 (twelfth staters). VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces. Extremely rare denomination.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex R. F. Whorton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 278, 25 April 2012), lot 91.