| Auction Date | Price Realized | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - CSNS Signature Sale 3115, Lot 31021
Ancients
IONIA. Erythrae (?). Ca. 600-550 BC. EL hemistater (15mm, 7.02 gm). ANACS AU 50. Milesian standard. Floral design of three radially arranged lotus flowers, three buds between; all on a raised circular boss, dotted border / Incuse square punch with irregular interior surfaces. Linzalone 1138. BMC Ionia p. 2, 2 (Uncertain Western Asia Minor mint). Jameson 2292. Rosen 250. Struck from a high-relief obverse die as typical for this beautiful issue.
The electrum floral hemistater of Erythr... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Heritage World Coin Auctions - CSNS Signature Sale 3115, Lot 32104
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.87 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain blank design / Two incuse squares with irregular interior surfaces, side-by-side, slightly offset. Linzalone LN1005-1008. Cf. Weidaur 7 (hecte). Cf. SNG Kayhan 673 (hecte). SNG Von Aulock 7762. Amber surfaces deeper tangerine in the recesses.
While the sequence of issues for the earliest electrum coinage is still imperfectly understood, recent discoveri... | 8 May 2024 | Upcoming
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Nomos AG - obolos 31, Lot 282
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 650-600 BC. 1/24 Stater (Electrum, 6 mm, 0.60 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Lion's paw(?). Rev. Incuse punch. Rosen 283-4. SNG Kayhan -. Weidauer -. Very fine.
From a Swiss collection and the Trausnitz Collection, Obolos 18, 21 February 2021, lot 275, acquired from Athena on 15 September 2006.
Starting price: 100 CHF... | 21 Apr 2024 | Upcoming
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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 203 | Silver, Lot 149
Ionia. Uncertain mint. circa 600-550 BC.
Trite - Third Stater EL
13 mm, 4,69 g
Forepart of a ram to right, on a raised oval shield-like surface / Two incuse squares with irregular surfaces
Good Very Fine
Hilbert Abb. 137: III.8; Traité II/1 –; BMC Ionia –; SNG von Aulock –; L. Weidauer, Probleme der frühen Elektronprägung, Typos 1, Fribourg (Switzerland), 1975, - cf. 136–137 (horse, head turned); M. Mignucci, "Elettro arcaico, incroci di conio inediti", GNS 42/166, 1992, 3. MFA Boston 17... | 24 Mar 2024 | Unsold | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - Auction XXX, Lot 226
Ionia, uncertain mint EL 1/12 Stater. Circa 650-600 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Striations / Straited square divided incuse punch. M. Kerschner and K. Konuk, 'The Artemision of Ephesus' in White Gold: Studies in Early Electrum Coinage (2020), 4; Weidauer 9 var. (1/12 Stater); Traité I 14; SNG Kayhan 681; SNG von Aulock 7766; Linzalone Ln1038. 1.18g, 7mm.
Extremely Fine.
Estimate: 1000 GBP... | 21 Mar 2024 | 1,300 GBP | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 558, Lot 116
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.25 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Incuse square. Weidauer Group I, unlisted denomination; cf. Artemision 2–3 (smaller denominations); SNG Kayhan 676–7. Light scratches and hairlines. As made.
Estimate: 250 USD... | 20 Mar 2024 | 425 USD | |
Davissons, Ltd. - Auction 43, Lot 68
CARIA. Halikarnassos. Circa 499-497 B.C. AR hekte. 1.95 gm. 10 mm. Milesian standard. Head of ketos ('sea monster') left / Incuse square with geometric pattern. HN Online 213. SNG Keckman 920 (uncertain mint). Near Extremely Fine; rich old collection tone; crisply struck, well centered and clear; trace gold-colored deposits on obverse; good metal for issue. Excellent example of the type, and with a particularly savage ketos.
Purchased from David Sear.
Estimate: 350 USD... | 20 Mar 2024 | 425 USD | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 704
IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 11 mm, 2.26 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of a lion or griffin with protruding tongue to left. Rev. Two incuse square punches. CNG E-Auction 338 (2014), 94. Gorny & Mosch 138 (2005), 103. Rosen -. Weidauer -. Very rare. Slightly rough and with minor marks, otherwise, very fine.
Privately acquired from H. Wickert and previously from a German collection, acquired before 2021.
Starting price: 200 CHF... | 24 Feb 2024 | 850 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 706
IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 11 mm, 2.19 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Two heads of lions back to back, facing downward with open jaws and lolling tongues, a volute decoration between. Rev. Bipartite incuse punch with volute design. Linzalone 1067. Rosen -. SNG Kayhan 1539. Traité -. Weidauer -. Struck from slightly worn dies and with some scratches, otherwise, good fine.
Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, 1205 and previously from a Swiss collection, formed before 200... | 24 Feb 2024 | 420 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 29, Lot 1167
PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, circa 375-340 BC. 1/4 Siglos (Silver, 8 mm, 1.24 g, 12 h), Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, holding dagger and bow. Rev. Incuse punch with uncertain design. BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 27. Carradice Type IV C (pl. XV, 46). Sunrise 37. Rare. A beautiful and perfectly centered example of this unusual small denomination. Slightly porous and with a scratch on the... | 24 Feb 2024 | 220 CHF | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 556, Lot 88
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 1.07 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Incuse square. Weidauer Group I, unlisted denomination; cf. Artemision 2–3 (smaller denominations); SNG Kayhan 676–7. Light scratches and hairlines. As made.
Estimate: 250 USD... | 21 Feb 2024 | 400 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 555, Lot 136
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hemihekte – Twelfth Stater (7mm, 0.91 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Head of stylized lion (or serpent?) left / Incuse square. CNG E-421, lot 173; cf. Linzalone 1069 and Elektron I 22 for similar, otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Compact flan, light marks. VF.
Estimate: 150 USD... | 7 Feb 2024 | 325 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII Online Sessions, Lot 5209
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (12mm, 2.38 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Plain globular surface / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group I, 4; cf. Artemision 2 (myshemihekte); SNG Kayhan 674. In NGC encapsulation 5872644-043, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
Other than the literary tradition ascribing the origin of coinage to the kings of Lydia, there is little evidence for a more exact chronology of early Greek coinage. The tradition, buttressed by limited arc... | 17 Jan 2024 | 3,750 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII Online Sessions, Lot 5218
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10.5mm, 2.28 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Two conjoined, stylized serpents'(?) heads, with open jaws and lolling tongues / Single divided punch with volute design. SNG Kayhan 1540–1; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Faintly toned, slight die wear. EF.
Ex Roma E-Sale 64 (28 November 2019), lot 298.
Estimate: 400 USD... | 17 Jan 2024 | 750 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII Online Sessions, Lot 5220
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Myshemihekte – Twenty-fourth Stater (6.5mm, 0.51 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Lion seated right / Incuse square. Unpublished on Lydo-Milesian standard, but cf. Triton XVII, lot 320 and CNG 97, lot 215 for same type and denomination on Phokaic standard. Good VF. Very rare.
From the MM Collection. Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 645.
Estimate: 500 USD... | 17 Jan 2024 | 1,500 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII Online Sessions, Lot 5221
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (14.5mm, 4.68 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain design / Two incuse squares. Some porosity and light marks. VF.
From the MM Collection. Ex Heritage 3082 (21 January 2020), lot 33111.
Estimate: 1000 USD... | 17 Jan 2024 | 1,000 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3114, Lot 33097
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.75 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain blank type / Two incuse squares with irregular interior surfaces, side-by-side, slightly offset. Linzalone LN1005-1008. Cf. Weidaur 7 (hecte). Cf. SNG Kayhan 673 (hecte). SNG Von Aulock 7762. Ripples of amber and sunflower tones.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionia-uncertain-mint-ca-650-600-bc-el-third-stater-or-trite-13mm-475-gm-ngc... | 16 Jan 2024 | 1,400 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3114, Lot 33098
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.69 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Blank convex surface / Two incuse squares with lines and geometric patterns, side by side. Linzalone LN1007. Cool tones on a more globular flan than often seen with this type.
Ex a North American collection acquired around 2000.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionia-uncertain-mint-ca-650-600-bc-el-third-stater-or-trite-12mm-469-gm-ngc-ch... | 16 Jan 2024 | 1,350 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3114, Lot 33101
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 625-600 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.32 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon an eight-sided polygon / Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into twelve compartments, the two central compartments containing pellets. SNG Kayhan 698. Linzalone LN1063. Soft yellow surfaces contrast the sharpness of the designs.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/gree... | 16 Jan 2024 | 1,600 USD | |
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Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 265
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. EL Forty-eighth Stater (4.5mm, 0.29 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Flattened striated surface / Incuse square. Weidauer –; Artemision 55; Elektron –; Traité –; SNG Kayhan 683 and 1527. As made. Very rare denomination for type.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 397 (17 May 2017), lot 160.
Estimate: 3000 USD... | 9 Jan 2024 | 3,250 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVII, Lot 267
IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. EL Trite – Third Stater (12mm, 4.64 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides / Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves each containing a pellet, the lower halves bisected by two small vertical lines; the lower two compartments divid... | 9 Jan 2024 | 4,500 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3113, Lot 30040
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL third-stater or trite (13mm, 4.64 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain blank type / Two incuse squares with irregular interior surfaces, side-by-side, slightly offset. Linzalone LN1005-1008. Cf. Weidauer 7 (hecte). Cf. SNG Kayhan 673 (hecte). SNG Von Aulock 7762. Delightful buttery yellow flan.
From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, private sale (26 April 2019).
While the ... | 8 Jan 2024 | 3,200 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3113, Lot 30041
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.34 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Field of striated lines on flattened surface, resembling ripples on water / Bipartite incuse rectangular punch with irregular interior surfaces. Weidauer Group II, 6-8. SNG Kayhan 680. SNG von Aulock 1769. Linzalone LN1035. Handsome early electrum issue.
From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex JTB Collection; Leu Numismatik, Auction 10 (24 October 2... | 8 Jan 2024 | 3,000 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3113, Lot 30042
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 625-550 BC. EL third-stater or trite (12mm, 4.61 gm). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon an eight-sided polygon / Rectangular incuse divided into four large compartments, two containing pellets, the others subdivided by angled lines. SNG Kayhan 697. Weidauer -. SNG von Aulock -. Sharp devices with deep toning within the recesses and mellow high points.
From the Wetmore Colle... | 8 Jan 2024 | 3,400 USD | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - NYINC Signature Sale 3113, Lot 30043
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 600-550 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (11mm, 2.23 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Conjoined heads of two lions facing downward / Two incuse squares punches, side-by-side, with horseshoe pattern. Linzalone 1067. Rosen -. SNG Kayhan II, 1539. Traité -. Weidauer -. A charming and well-executed example of this attractive archaic issue. Gorgeous toning with a splash of blue-violet.
From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Harlan Berk, B... | 8 Jan 2024 | 2,000 USD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 553, Lot 94
KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 620/10-564/53 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (14mm, 4.65 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Confronted heads of roaring lions, "sun" on foreheads (die positioned to feature the right side lion); [W]ALW[EL] (in Lydian) downward between / Two incuse squares. Weidauer Group XVII, 99–100; Kurth G18; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Kayhan 1012. Scuffs and scratches, struck with worn obverse die. Near VF.
The lion head/incuse coinage is among the earliest firmly attributed ... | 3 Jan 2024 | 750 USD | |
Roma Numismatics Ltd - E-Sale 115, Lot 330
Karia, uncertain mint ('Mint D') AR Obol. Circa 480-450 BC. Milesian standard. Confronted foreparts of two bulls with crossed horns / Head and neck of bull to left within incuse square. HNO 1387 (temporary); SNG Ashmolean 334. 1.15g, 10mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Estimate: 30 GBP... | 21 Dec 2023 | 25 GBP | |
Nomos AG - obolos 30, Lot 372
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 650-600 BC. 1/24 Stater (Electrum, 6 mm, 0.60 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Lion's paw(?). Rev. Incuse punch. Rosen 283-4. SNG Kayhan -. Weidauer -. Very fine.
From a Swiss collection and the Trausnitz Collection, Obolos 18, 21 February 2021, lot 275, acquired from Athena on 15 September 2006.
Starting price: 100 CHF... | 17 Dec 2023 | 220 CHF | |
Nomos AG - obolos 30, Lot 373
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 550-500 BC. 1/24 Stater (Electrum, 6.5 mm, 0.64 g), struck in the Milesian standard. Forepart of goat (or a hybrid beast) right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Weidauer -. Traité -. SNG Kayhan -. Same dies as Roma e26 (2016), 203. Apparently the second example known, and unpublished save for the auction appearance of the parallel mentioned above. Good very fine.
From a Dutch collection.
Starting price: 150 CHF... | 17 Dec 2023 | 200 CHF | |
Heritage World Coin Auctions - Hong Kong Signature Sale 3111, Lot 36025
Ancients
IONIA. Uncertain mint. Ca. 650-600 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (9mm, 2.37 gm). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Lydo-Milesian standard. Uncertain blank type / Two incuse squares with irregular interior surfaces, side-by-side, slightly offset. Weidaur 7. SNG Kayhan 673. Brilliant lemony surfaces with amber within the surfaces of the reverse. Lovely butterscotch colored flan and dark toning within the reverse punch marks.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionia-uncertain-mint-ca-650... | 9 Dec 2023 | 625 USD | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 37
IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 625-600 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10 mm, 2.42 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Geometric figure resembling a star, composed of a cross centered upon a polygon of eight sides within a square with slightly rounded sides. Rev. Rectangular incuse divided horizontally and vertically into four compartments by two perpendicular lines; the upper two compartments divided into halves by a single line, the upper halves each containing a pellet, the lower halves bisected by two small vertica... | 9 Dec 2023 | 1,900 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 1400
IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (Electrum, 10 mm, 1.06 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. An ingot or unstruck flan of slightly globular shape. SNG Kayhan -. Traité -. Weidauer -. Very rare and interesting. Numerous tiny marks and small scratches, otherwise, very fine.
From a British collection of electrum coins from Lesbos and Ionia, formed in the early 2000s.
The weight of this unusual piece roughly corresponds to a hemihekte on the Lydo-Milesian standard.
Starting... | 9 Dec 2023 | 360 CHF | |
Leu Numismatik AG - Web Auction 28, Lot 1401
IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 650-600 BC. Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (Electrum, 7 mm, 1.13 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Flattened striated surface. Rev. Square incuse punch. Rosen 268. SNG Kayhan 681. SNG von Aulock 7766. Weidauer Group II, 9. Scrapes and scratches on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.
Starting price: 50 CHF... | 9 Dec 2023 | 120 CHF | |
VAuctions - Pars Coins Sale 43, Lot 6
ACHAEMENID EMPIRE, Time of Artaxerxes II to Artaxerxes III, circa 375-340 BC. AR 1/4 Siglos (1.27 gm; 9 mm), Lydo-Milesian standard, Sardes or subsidiary mint. Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance to right, holding dagger and bow. Rev. Incuse punch with uncertain design. BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 27; Carradice Type IV C (pl. XV, 46). Sunrise 30. Choice Good VF. Nice original find patina. Rare.
Estimate: 500 USD
Starting price: 300 USD... | 27 Nov 2023 | Unsold | |
Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd - Auction 134, Lot 3458
Ionia, uncertain, (c.610-560 B.C.), electrum ninety-sixth stater (0.13 g) of the Lydo Milesian standard, obv. figural type of uncertain type (lines radiating from a central dot), rev. incuse quadripartite punch, (cf.S.3405, cf.Weidauer 123 [1/24th], Rosen 308 [p.22 Pl.14], Traite -, SNG Kayhan -, Giessener Munzhandlung Sale 82 [1997], lot 90] = NAC October 7, 2009 [lot 168] realised 400 SFr). Good very fine and very rare.
Ex UBS Basel, Auction Sale, January 27-30, 2004 (lot 5680). Lot include... | 21 Nov 2023 | 300 AUD | |
Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 549, Lot 164
CARIA, Halikarnassos. Circa 499-497 BC. AR Hekte (12mm, 2.07 g). Milesian standard. Head of ketos left / Incuse square with geometric pattern. Ashton & Konuk 32–74 (uncertain dies); HN Online 213; SNG Keckman 920 (uncertain mint). Lightly toned, some porosity and granularity. VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 462 (26 February 2020), lot 132.
Estimate: 100 USD... | 1 Nov 2023 | 120 USD | |
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG - Online Auction 182 | Silver, Lot 80
Ionia. Uncertain mint circa 600-550 BC.
Trite - Third Stater EL
13 mm, 4,65 g
Forepart of a ram to right, on a raised oval shield-like surface / Two incuse squares with irregular surfaces.
Very Fine
Hilbert Abb. 137: III.8; Traité II/1 –; BMC Ionia –; SNG von Aulock –; L. Weidauer, Probleme der frühen Elektronprägung, Typos 1, Fribourg (Switzerland), 1975, - cf. 136–137 (horse, head turned); M. Mignucci, "Elettro arcaico, incroci di conio inediti", GNS 42/166, 1992, 3. MFA Boston 1759 (sa... | 29 Oct 2023 | 2,500 EUR | |
Spink - Auction 23108, Lot 1116
The 'Kyrios' Collection | Ionia, Uncertain, EL Hemihekte, c. 600-550 BC, Lydo-Milesian Standard, Head of bridled horse left rev. Cruciform incuse punch, 1.19g (Weidauer 142; SNG Kayhan 715) Slightly porous, cracks to edge, but well-centred and detailed for type, good very fine.
Estimate: £400 - £600... | 24 Oct 2023 | Unsold | |
