Ephesos or uncertain mint in Ionia. EL Hecte, ca. 550-530 BC. 2.29g. Obv: bee or horsefly with two pairs of legs at the front. Rev: Incuse square with rough surface. Traite II-2, 1870 var (AR, reverse). Note: The obverse seems to show a horsefly, not a bee. The same obverse die was also used to strike a silver coin with a rosette within an incuse square. Where these coins were struck, cannot yet be established with certainty. With permission of Gemini auction IX, lot 140, Jan. 2012. Estimate: $50,000.