CNG 96, Lot: 480. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.16 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of ram right / Incuse square. Weidauer 51 var. (obv. type left); cf. Traité I 194–5 (myshemihektai); Elektron I 25 = Rosen Sale 42 var. (obv. type left); SNG von Aulock 1798 var. (same); cf. BMC p. 5, 17 (myshemihekte); otherwise unpublished. VF. Extremely rare, possibly unique.