Ionia, uncertain mint EL Hemistater. Circa 650-600 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Floral design resembling palmette / Narrow vertical rectangular punch between two smaller square punches. Boston MFA -; Pozzi -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; Traité -; BMC -; cf. Nomos Obolos 12, 342 and M&M 72, 24 for similar types. 6.55g, 14mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished in the standard references.
From A Lady's Winged Horse Collection;
Ex collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 162 (hammer: £5,500).