IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 600-550 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.32 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5, light scuffs. Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain Greek(?) legend, dolphin swimming left / Irregular incuse square with rough cruciform pattern, one or two pellets on each arm, pellet in center. Unpublished as a hecte, but cf. Rosen 274=Münzen und Medaillen, Fixed Price List 602 (November/December 1996), lot 72 (hemihecte)=Leu Numismatik, Auction 22 (1979), lot 131. A sharply struck, gorgeous coin in hand. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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