CNG 100, Lot: 94. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (5mm, 0.32 g). Phokaic standard. Central line bisecting field, irregular lines radiating at sides / Three pellets arranged in triangle, with lines radiating around; all within incuse square. McFadden 5 (this coin illustrated); Linzalone LN 1066 var. (no pellets); Zhuyuetang 6 var. (same); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. EF, toned. Extremely rare fraction for series.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Jonathan Kern, June 1999.