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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater775 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL 1/12th Stater - Hemihekte (1.15g, 7mm). Lion's head right / Punch with four pellets connected to central pellet. Good VF.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/12 Stater633 viewsca 560 BC. EL Hemihekte (1.18g). Forepart of panther left, head facing / Incuse punch with irregular surface. Apparently unique and unrecorded. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex Aufhäuser 10 (1993), 167 and Peus 372 (2002), 491.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater1119 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.65g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric and stellate designs. VF, struck with worn obverse die. Very rare denomination.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater649 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Trite - 1/3 Stater (4.63g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric and stellate designs. Good VF, a little die rust. Very rare.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/3 Stater1122 viewsBefore 575 BC. EL Trite (4.66g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing cross and geometric design. Good VF. Rare denomination.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater989 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Hekte - 1/6 Stater (2.31g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing floral and stellate designs. Good VF. Extremely rare with floral design.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater699 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (11mm, 2.41 g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches without designs. Good VF. Very rare denomination.
The earliest example of this denomination; not only are the incuses devoid of any designs, the style of the obverse is more “archaic†in appearance.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater743 viewsca 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.32g, 9mm). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame / Two square punches containing geometric designs. Good Fine. Very rare denomination.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater787 viewsca 560 BC. EL Hekte (2.33g). Panther crouching left, head facing, four annulets over its body / Rectangular incuse punch with raised lines. Apparently unique and unrecorded. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine. Ex Tkalec 29 (2/2000), 102.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL 1/6 Stater872 viewsLydia (?), uncertain mint, mid 6th century BC. AV (or EL) Hekte (2.34g). Forepart of lion left / Bipartite rectangular punch with floral pattern. Apparently unique. An issue of great importance and fascination, about extremely fine. Ex Leu 50 (1990), 165 and CNG 26 (1993), 98.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL Stater1875 viewsbefore 575 BC. EL Stater (14.05g, 3h). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch containing a fox standing left and three pellets, flanked by two square punches containing, respectively, a stag's head left and stellate pattern. Good VF, exceptional for this issue. Fielder Coll.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL Stater2032 viewsBefore 575 BC. EL Stater (13.86g). Lion reclining left, head reverted, within rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Central oblong punch containing a running fox and three pellets; flanked by square punches containing stellate pattern and stag's head left. Good VF, sharply struck on a broad flan.
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Miletos (BC 600-550) EL Stater705 viewsca 575 BC. EL Stater (14.01g, 19mm). Lion reclining right, his head turned back to left: al within ornamental rectangular frame divided into smaller rectangular compartments / Three ornamental incuse punches (in oblong orientation): 1) on left, a four ‘leaf’ punch containing a star of four pellets (stellate or quincuncial pattern) connected by single lines; 2) at center, vertical rectangular shaped punch with triangular indents along each side, within rectangle a fox running left (here downwards) and separately, three pellets – two lateral connected by two lines and third pellet below; 3) on right, square shaped punch with one triangular indent on each side, stag head facing right. Good VF, toned, exceptional for this very rare variant issue with lion right.
The ‘common’ type for this issue has an obverse with the lion reclining left. 7 others known of this variant of a lion reclining right [CNG Triton V (1/2002), lot 1427; CNG 64 (9/2003), lot 266; Kunker 104 (9/2005), lot 251; CNG 94 (9/2013), lot 516; CNG 100 (10/2015), lot 1456; Heritage 3051 (1/2017), lot 34029; Savoca 256 (9/2018), lot 254] of which only one, the Savoca 9/2018 example, has same sequence.
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