*Ionia, uncertain mint, electrum half-stater, Phokaian standard, c. 600 BC, eight-rayed rosette, rev., incuse square with irregular markings, 7.06g (Weidauer -; Traité -; Rosen -; cf. Roma 7, lot 549; Tkalec, September 2008, lot 35, for a similar obverse design but different denomination), several flan cracks, striking defect on reverse, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare
Estimate: £3000 - 5000