IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.42 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides within a square with slightly rounded sides. Rev. Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves each containing a pellet, the lower halves bisected by two small vertical lines; the lower two compartments divided into thirds by two parallel lines. SNG Kayhan 698. Traité I 5. Weidauer - . Beautifully toned and perfectly centered, a beautiful example. About extremely fine.
From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from Calgary Coin Gallery on 25 June 2015.