IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 600-550 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.57 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Phocaic standard. Head of lion right, mouth open / Incuse square punch with rough interior. cf. Linzalone 1123 (Smyrna, hemihecte). Cf. Weidauer 184 (stater). Traité -. SNG Kayhan -. CNG 103, 284 (lion left). Roma XIII, 224. Apparently unpublished in the standard references and the second known example. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XIV (21 September 2017), lot 139.

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