★ Once in the Chandon de Briailles collection! ★

IONIA. Erythrai. Circa 550-500 BC. Hemistater (Gold, 14 mm, 6.98 g). Floral device with radially arranged flowers; between them, buds; the whole forming a circular boss in high relief. Rev. Irregular incuse square. BMC Ionia p. 2, 2 ( uncertain mint ). Jameson 2292. Rosen 250. Traité II, 1, pl. III, 5. A beautiful, most unusual and interesting early gold type. Extremely fine.

From a European collection, ex Bank Leu 28, 5 May 1981, 145 and from the collection of Comte Chandon de Briailles, Bourgey, 17 June 1959, 452.