Watch List notes:

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (9mm, 2.26 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross with lines radiating from angles, centered upon a polygon of eight sides; all within a square with slightly rounded sides / Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines; the lower two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves contain a pellet, the lower halves are bisected by two small vertical lines. McFadden 2; Weidauer –; Elektron I 17; Rosen –; Traité I 5 = HPM p. 190, 20; SNG Kayhan 698; SNG von Aulock –; Zhuyuetang 3 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned. Very rare.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Vecchi 16 (9 October 1999), lot 204.