IONIA. Ephesos. Circa 650-600 BC. Trite or 1/3 Stater (Electrum, 12 mm, 4.66 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 worn dies, otherwise, very fine.


On this piece, the bee on the obverse is still clearly discernible, while the two square incuses on the reverse gradually dissolve and merge into a single elongated incuse. The characteristic die break in the lower left corner of the reverse incuse is already clearly visible, which can be traced across all subsequent pieces.