Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 239. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $7250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.59 g). Bearded head of Ares left, wearing crested helmet / Rough incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 44 (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 2643; de Luynes 2643; Pozzi 2505. EF, lustrous. Very rare, only seven coins recorded by Bodenstedt.