IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.17 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. EF.

CNG Feature Auction 121
Lot: 375. Estimated: $ 1 500

Greek, Electrum

Sold For $ 1 400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.17 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of lion right; [pellet below] / Incuse square, with two pellets. SNG Kayhan 1546 corr. (pellet not noted); Traité I 48A = B.V. Head, “Electrum Coins and their Specific Gravity” in NC 1887, 16 (same obv. die); CNG 78, lot 808 (same obv. die); Lanz 148, lot 48 (hammer $14,000). Edge split, scratch and a little off center on obverse. EF.


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