Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 302. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 387-326 BC. EL Hekte (2.53 g). Head of Aphrodite left, hair in veil; below, seal left / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt Em. 98 (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 61; SNG von Aulock 7954; Boston MFA 1926; SNG Kayhan 538; SNG München 806; de Luynes 2653. Near EF. Rare, only seven coins recorded by Bodenstedt, six of which are in museums.