The Beginings of Coinage in the West

Triton XVIII, Lot: 630. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12.5mm, 4.75 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Two incuse squares. Cf. Weidauer Group II (unlisted denomination); Karwiese, Artemision, Type I.1; Elektron I 3; Rosen –; Traité I 11; SNG Kayhan 673; SNG von Aulock 7762. As made.