Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 360. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $3800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Uncertain. Circa 600-550 BC. EL Hekte – 1/6 Stater (2.60 g). Phokaic standard. Figural type. Crab / Quadripartite incuse square. Rosen Sale 81 (same rev. die), otherwise unpublished. VF, soft obverse strike. Extremely rare, apparently the second known.