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CCE Signature Sale 3054 7-8 April 2017
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IONIA. Uncertain city. Ca. 650-550 BC. EL third stater or trite (13mm, 4.69 gm). Fine. Scarab beetle, seen from above (?) / Incuse rectangle and square, side-by-side; the rectangle containing a zig-zag pattern with dots in triangles. Apparently unpublished; see Gemini X, lot 94 and Helios 8, lot 276 for hemihectes depicting scarabs. The same essential types as previous coin, the "obverse" somewhat more worn (or struck from worn dies). Very rare!
Estimate: 600-800 USD
IONIA. Uncertain city. Ca. 650-550 BC. EL third stater or trite (13mm, 4.69 gm). Fine. Scarab beetle, seen from above (?) / Incuse rectangle and square, side-by-side; the rectangle containing a zig-zag pattern with dots in triangles. Apparently unpublished; see Gemini X, lot 94 and Helios 8, lot 276 for hemihectes depicting scarabs. The same essential types as previous coin, the "obverse" somewhat more worn (or struck from worn dies). Very rare!
Estimate: 600-800 USD