Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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IONIA. Uncertain. EL Trite (1/3 Stater), ca. 625-600 B.C. ICG EF 40.
Mc Fadden-1; Zhuyuetang-2; SNG Kayhan-697. Obverse: Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides; Reverse: Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves each containing a pellet, the lower halves bisected by two small vertical lines; the lower two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines. SCARCE and quite attractive, this example retains great detail and even some brilliance.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $3000 - $4500
Mc Fadden-1; Zhuyuetang-2; SNG Kayhan-697. Obverse: Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides; Reverse: Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves each containing a pellet, the lower halves bisected by two small vertical lines; the lower two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines. SCARCE and quite attractive, this example retains great detail and even some brilliance.
From the Collection of a Gentleman.
Estimate: $3000 - $4500