Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 187. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte (2.56 g). Facing bearded head of Silenos / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Bodenstedt Em. 43 (dies f/η); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 3; Boston MFA -; Leu 13, lot 237 (same dies). Good VF, minor die wear on obverse. Very rare, only 9 examples noted by Bodenstedt, 5 of which are in museums (Cambridge, London, Berlin, Karlsruhe [2]).