Watch List notes:

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-546 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.34 g). Lion couchant left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing stellate designs. Hilbert Period 1, H8.1 (A51/LH2-U10) = Adams I 84 (this coin); Weidauer 130; Elektron I 65; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Kayhan 443 var. (designs in punches); BMC –; Boston MFA –; Traité I 22. In NGC encapsulation 4277444-002, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.


Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015), lot 84; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 578.