CNG 105, Lot: 344. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.34 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Thunderbolt / Two incuse squares. Linzalone 1143 = CNG 66, lot 465; CNG 99, lot 246; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. VF. Extremely rare, apparently the third known.

Linzalone considers the obverse type to be a representation of the famed Gordian Knot.