Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain city. Ca. 600-550 BC. EL sixth stater or hecte (10mm, 2.76 gm). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Phocaean standard. Head of roaring lion left, mouth open with tongue protruding / Incuse square of proto "mill sail" pattern. Apparently unrecorded as a hecte in major references. Cf. Weidauer 185 (stater). See Gemini VII, lot 495.
Estimate: 4750-6000 USD