Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 393. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA. Samos. Circa 600-570 BC. EL Hekte (2.85 gm). Eagle flying right, holding a serpent in its talons / Square incuse punch with irregular fan-shaped markings. Barron pl. 30, 4; Traité pl. 9, 17; SNG Kayhan 637. Good VF. ($2000) 

Ex Triton II (1-2 December 1998), lot 426. 

This Samos electrum hekte has an unusually clear type present. The serpent clutched in the eagle's talons is typically not visible.