IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-546 BC. EL Stater (19mm, 13.99 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch, containing three pellets connected in Λ shape and a quadruped standing left, flanked by two square punches containing, respectively, a stellate pattern and a geometric pattern. Hilbert Phase 1, – (unlisted dies); SNG Kayhan 441. Irregular flan, double struck on obverse, trace earthen deposits and light scuffs on reverse. VF.