CNG 105, Lot: 349. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (4.5mm, 0.27 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of bull right / Incuse square. Weidauer –; cf. Elektron II 44 (twenty-fourth stater); cf. SNG Kayhan 734 (same); SNG von Aulock 1784 (Ionia) = Bodenstedt E2 (Mytilene); Traité –. Good VF. Very rare.