Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.53 gm). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Field of striated lines on flattened surface, resembling ripples on water / Bipartite incuse rectangular punch with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer Group II, 6-8. SNG Kayhan 680. SNG von Aulock 1769. Linzalone LN1035. Highest graded and only NGC Mint State hecte from this time period. Struck on a ovoid, wheat-yellow flan.
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Estimate: 15000-20000 USD