IONIA, Miletos. Circa 600-546 BC. EL Stater (21mm, 13.85 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 the head of a stag right. Hilbert Phase 2, S30.3 (dies A16/G23) = CH VIII, pl. I, 5 (this coin); SNG Kayhan 440; Boston MFA 1882 = Warren 1710 (same rev. punches); Zhuyuetang 18 (same rev. punches). Double struck on obverse, some light scrapes and scratches. Near VF.
Ex Goldberg 21 (15 September 2003), lot 1562; Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 423; 1990 Western Asia Minor Hoard (CH VIII, 2).