Watch List notes:

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-546 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 1.17 g). Head of lion right, forepaw below; uncertain symbol or letter to lower left / Incuse square with indentations on sides . Hilbert Phase 1, HH1 corr. (dies A60/U2; letter not noted); SNG Kayhan –; Linzalone LN1117 var. (different form of punch; same obv. die). VF, slightly off center on obverse. Rare. From the first hemihekte dies at Miletos, and the only known example where the symbol or letter is visible on the obverse.

From the Ealing Collection.

Hilbert records 28 coins struck with this obverse die, paired with varying reverses, and none of the coins show the symbol or letter.