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Auction XVII  28 Mar 2019
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Lot 509

Estimate: 2000 GBP
Price realized: 2200 GBP
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Lydia or Ionia, uncertain mint EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater. Circa 600-560 BC. Lydo-Milesian Standard. 'Schematic', linear outline of conjoined, roaring lions' heads struck so one head is off the flan / Double incuse punch with 'horse shoe' pattern. Linzalone 1067 (same dies) = Heritage 3054, 30104; Gorny & Mosch 104, 2000, 384 and 115, 2002, 1171; CNG 61, 2002, 706-8. 2.29g, 10mm.

Mint State; easily the equal of the Heritage 3054 specimen that hammered for $4,800. Extremely Rare.

From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
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