IONIA. Ephesos. Circa 650-600 BC. Trite or 1/3 Stater (Electrum, 11 mm, 4.60 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Bee viewed from above. Rev. Incuse punch composed of two incuse squares with irregular indentations, separated by low convex vertical line. BMC -. BMFA -. Karwiese II.1, Type 2, 6-8 ( same dies ). Linzalone -. Pozzi -. Rosen 257 ( same dies ). SNG Kayhan -. SNG von Aulock 1768 ( same dies ). Weidauer 29-32 ( same dies ). Struck from very deteriorated dies, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.

In this phase, the bee motif is scarcely identifiable. Only by comparing it to its earlier form on lot 97 above can one discern faint traces of the bee's head and body on the deteriorated die.