One of Apparently Three Known

346, Lot: 158. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.32 g). Phokaic standard. Scarab beetle / Quadripartite incuse square. Gemini X, lot 94; CNG 93, lot 405; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, flan flaw. Extremely rare, one of apparently three known.

Ex Helios 8 (13 October 2012), lot 276.