Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 952. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL 1/24 Stater (0.63 g). Samian–Euboic standard. Figural type. Winged scarab / Rough incuse square punch. Triton VIII, lot 453 corr. (Samian-Euboic, not Milesian), otherwise unpublished. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of two known. ($500)

This type is also known by a unique 1/48 stater (Rosen 353) and a unique 1/96 stater (Jonathan P. Rosen Collection [Münzen und Medaillen 72, 6 October 1987], lot 127).