★ The earliest form of coinage ★

IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.34 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface. Rev. Two incuse squares. Karwiese, Artemision, Type I.1. SNG Kayhan 674. Weidauer 4. An attractive example of this earliest form of coinage. Good very fine.

Ex Leu Web Auction 15, 27 February 2021, 469.