IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7.5mm, 1.15 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Quadripartite incuse square with a pellet in the center; each quarter contains a diagonal line radiating from the central pellet. McFadden 3; Elektron –; Traité –; Zhuyuetang 4; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Kayhan 699–700. Toned. Near EF.
From the MM Collection. Ex L. Shea Collection (Triton XX, 9 January 2017), lot 290; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 330 (9 July 2014), lot 74.
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