IONIA. Ephesos. Circa 650-600 BC. Hekte or 1/6 Stater (Electrum, 9 mm, 2.30 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 -. CNG 102 (2016), 444 ( same obverse die ). Karwiese II.1, Type 2, 3 ( same obverse die ). Leu 15 (2024), 105 ( same dies ). Linzalone 1101 ( same obverse die ). Pozzi -. Rosen -. SNG Kayhan -. Triton XXVII (2024), 266 ( same dies? ). SNG von Aulock -. Weidauer -. Struck from a completely deteriorated obverse die, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.