IONIA. Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. Hemihekte – 1/12 Stater (Electrum, 8 mm, 1.16 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Forepart of a bridled horse to left, its foreleg visible. Rev. Incuse square punch with irregular surface. Fischer-Bossert, Horses, Series 1, 23 a (this coin, Obv. H15/Rev. H18). SNG Kayhan 715-6 var. (no foreleg visible). Apparently unique. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with minor marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Fischer-Bossert describes the obverse of this type, of which he only knows our specimen, as a horse with a crooked line underneath - presumably, he only had the small photo from the Hess-Leu catalogue at his disposal. However, with the reemergence of the coin in this sale, the line is now clearly identifiable as the front leg of the animal