330, Lot: 68. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.13 g). Head and leg of lion right / Stellate pattern incuse. SNG Kayhan 444-8; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –. Near VF.

This coin depicts a forepart of a lion with its front leg showing. A closer examination of the coins in the Kayhan collection reveals that this is the type, with most examples only showing the top part of the leg.