New Type for Phokaia

CNG 93, Lot: 391. Estimate $750. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.53 g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with seal / Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. Bodenstedt Em. 111 for a similar type with serpent on helmet and seal below. Good VF, light mark on cheek. Apparently unique.